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Getting started

Introduction

This "getting started" tutorial does not really describe CMSity, but rather the bundled templates functionality.

CMSity package comes with preconfigured templates providing static pages, downloads, blogs and forums. This tutorial will cover basic functionality of bundled templates.

Once you know what to expect from bundled CMSity setup, you may start modyfying the templates, or even working from scratch using Templates guide.

Logging in

Once CMSity package is installed properly it should welcome you with following screen:

Anonymous

Use form below to log in with user name admin and auto-generated password as specified at welcome page:

Login form

Now you are logged as site's administrator. You can see action buttons in the upper-right corner of the page, and your login info at the bottom of the page:

Logged

Creating new page

As you Use Create button to create first subpage:

Creating about

Fill alias: "about", and title: "About", put some content and press Save button below:

Save button

You are redirected to your first subpage at /about:

About page

Creating blog

Now we create out first blog. Go back to Home. Once you are at root page press Create:

Creating blog

Fill alias: "blog" and tile: "Blog" and change the most important, change the type to "blog":

Changing type to blog

Once you press Save you will be redirected to your new Blog page:

Blog

You may now create new blog post. Use Post button to do so:

Creating post

Once you Save your post, and go back to Blog, you should see your blog with the first post:

Blog with first post

Creating forum

Now finally it is time to create Forum. As usual we go to Home and use Create button.

We create new node alias: "forum", title: "Forum" and type: "forum" and Save:

Forum

Every forum has extra button available for all users, Write. Press Write to create new topic:

Creating forum topic

Alias is not obligatory. When you leave alias empty, CMSity will generate it for you. Fill some title and content. (Note: Regular users have no Alias field) Press Save:

First forum topic

You can go back to Forum to see full list with one topic:

Forum with one topic

This is all. Proceed now to Templates documentation section to learn how to customize CMSity.