Once the connection has been established, the back office appears on your screen.
The back-office interface consists of three main zones.
The central zone
This is the main work area, displaying pages and content, as well as tools such as search, dashboard, help, etc.
Each component type is represented by colored tabs:
- Tools are displayed in blue
- Pages are displayed in orange
- Content is displayed in green
Customize the display of tabs in the central area
To open your preferences, click on the Webmaster / user button at the top right of the interface to select My preferences.
In your preferences, you can select the method for managing the tabs in the main area.
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Parameter |
Description |
Mandatory |
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Tab organization |
Choose the tab organization :
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Yes |
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Memorize open tools |
When the browser is restarted, this option lets you define whether previously opened tools are automatically reopened or not. By default, you will be warned when you have too many tools open, and Ametys will prompt you to reset open tools.
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No |
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Display mode |
Choose the form display mode:
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Yes |
The side zone
This area is used to manipulate predefined tools such as the site map, resource explorer, content history, etc.
| Resource Explorer | Content history |
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| Examples of tools open in the side area | |
The width of the side zone can be adjusted with the mouse. Once your cursor is positioned between the side zone and the main zone, hold down the left mouse button and move the cursor to change the width of the zone as you wish.
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Your cursor should be positioned in the purple zone.
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Side zone tabs
This area displays tools only, so all tabs in the area are blue.
Side area with Resource Explorer tool selected
The ribbon
This is the command tool area, made up of tabs and buttons. It updates automatically according to the tools opened.
Two ribbon zones are available.
The upper part of the ribbon in purple (tabs)
The lower zone of the ribbon in gray (composed of buttons)
The default ribbon in the demo version has five static tabs:
- Home
- Users, groups and rights
- Administration
- Integrator
- Developer
These tabs are in purple, with the selected tab in dark blue:
The Home tab is selected
Tip
Ribbon buttons can be temporarily hidden by double-clicking anywhere in the tab area (purple band). This saves space for users with small screens.
Contextual tabs
The Ribbon features a context-sensitive tab mechanism. These are dynamic tabs which appear and disappear according to the context (selected object, open tools, etc.).
Contextual tabs generally belong to a group which may include several such tabs. For ergonomic reasons, groups and tabs have different colors, but these have no particular meaning.
Examples
Opening the Resource Explorer opens a contextual tab called Resources:
Selecting content on a page opens a Page group and selects the Content tab.
Creating a table in content editing mode opens two tabs, Table and Advanced. Note that the Edit tab is also available, allowing the user to return to the content editing menu without leaving the current work on the table.
For further information: essential concepts
In Ametys , we refer to pages, content, services and online publishing.
- Pages are organized hierarchically using the sitemap tool, the site tree. Pages can contain one or more contents and/or services.
- Online publishing is Wysiwyg (What you see is what you getmeaning literally, What you see is what you get). The editor lets you modify content.
Edit mode gives you access to the online editor.
- Visit on line of your content requires validation. All newly created or modified content is in the state of Draft. As long as your content has not been validated, the latest validated version remains visible on the site.
The operating principle is described in detail on page Lifecycle
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