moziloCMS documentation

Brief overview of the admin area

The head beam

1Name of the website (see Settings >). Is useful, for example, as a guide when editing several websites at the same time.

2Click on switches between the light and dark theme.

3Click on "Hello, Admin" opens the user sub-menu.

4Click on "Preview" opens the website in a new browser window.

5Click on "Help" opens the instructions for the respective work area.

6Click on "Logout" logs the user out of the admin area and closes access.

After completing the administrative work, always log out!
This prevents misuse, such as external access, and releases the last workspace for the next admin login. Info >

The tab bar

1Clicking on one of these tabs opens the respective workspace.

Info >

Various basic information relating to the CMS and the server is displayed in the "Info" area.

Contents >

This is where the content pages of the website are created.
These are distributed across categories previously created in this workspace. Categories are comparable to the chapters in a book.
Categories and content pages can be created locally or as pure links that lead to external websites.
After installing moziloCMS, the category "Welcome" with three content pages is already created.

Files >

In this area, files that are used on the website are uploaded and managed.
These can be images that are displayed on content pages for illustration purposes, or files that are made available for downloading.
Such files include images, audio and video files, text and table documents, PDF files, zip archives, CD/DVD images, etc.
These files are uploaded in the "Files" work area and can be renamed and deleted if necessary.

Galleries >

Here, image galleries are created, which are then displayed using a gallery plugin.
The way in which the images are displayed depends on the options and specifications of the respective plugin.
The moziloCMS installation already includes the "Standard Gallery" plugin and a small example gallery.

Settings >

In this area, various basic settings and defaults for the website can be selected.

Admin >

Here, settings for the admin area of moziloCMS are made.

Plugins >

Plugins are used to extend moziloCMS with any functions. There are hardly any limits to the creativity of software developers.
Even in the basic installation, for example, the display of image galleries takes place via a plugin.
In this area, plugins are added or removed, and all settings within the plugins are made.

Template >

"Template" is a group of files in which the layout of the website is defined.
It essentially consists of at least one HTML file, one or more CSS style sheets, and the integrated graphics.
In addition to installing and uninstalling templates, the layout templates can also be changed here in an editor.

The Editor

The internal Editor > opens after clicking on the Edit icon on a new level that is placed above the ADMIN area.

It can be found at:

Contents > For editing the content pages.
Settings > For creating additional syntax elements.
Template > For editing the HTML and CSS files of the template.