Overview

The administrative backend can be accessed through the admin.php page which is located in the root of your Drake CMS website.

Not all users are allowed access to the administrative backend; see Groups for more.

Structure

The administrative backend is structured with the following parts:

  1. parent site/subsite logo
  2. current Drake CMS version
  3. remote status picture - shows the status of your Drake CMS version against the most recent released version; leads to the informative page of the automatic update wizard if clicked
  4. main menu with all the accessible features of the administrative backend (availability of components depends from the user's group
  5. messages, frontend, home and logout shortcut buttons
  6. pathway to the current page
  7. component area

TODO: add marked snapshot of the default template

NOTE: the disposition of the previous parts depends on the template design. The previous explanation is related to the default admin backend template.