AdminCentral Overview
Once you have successfully logged into Magnolia the Magnolia AdminCentral will be displayed. This is the editor's workbench. All activities start from AdminCentral. Let's take a deeper look into some features. The way you plan and do your tasks is quite intuitive: In the navigation pane you select the module and in the workspace pane you start your tasks (e.g. create a new Web page or User). Let us look into "AdminCentral" in more details.
1) Navigation Pane
The Navigation Pane lets you select whatever you want to do. Depending on your permissions and the installed modules on your Magnolia instance, you will be able to select the following modules or more:
- Website : Create and manage Web pages and the according content.
- Documents : Add and manage your documents
- Inbox : This is where publishers and editors manage workflow requests for pages activation, for instance.
- Security : Manage Users, Groups and Roles and assign the according access rights to Magnolia
- Configuration : Configuration section for Magnolia and its modules.
- Tools : Shortcut to helpful tools like import/export, repository browser, ...)
2) Workspace Pane
Whenever you select a module, you will get a tree or list view of items in the Workspace Pane. In you are in website workspace, what you will see are your website's page, in a tree; a hierarchical representation of the content of your website. In the “security” menu, you will see lists of users, groups, roles. (depending on the submenu item you clicked). Each of these menu items and their possibilities will be described in more detail further on.
3) User Information
Magnolia comes with a sophisticated security system. You can only access Magnolia with login credentials. On the top-right side of the workspace pane you see the current user logged in to AdminCentral. This is also where the logout link is: as with any other application, it is strongly recommended that you log off Magnolia when you are done working or you leave the desk for long periods of time. Keep in mind that with Magnolia you are able to manage your complete Web applications!
4) Function Bar
You can call each of the module's functions by either clicking the right-mouse button in the workspace pane or by choosing an option in the workspace navigation bar. The function bar usually provides the most common tasks.