20. To Show, Hide And Edit The Special Boxes

Function:

Purpose:

Frequency of use:

Level of expertise:

System Tools

For setting up basic configurations of your website.

- IP Blocking

For blocking computers with certain IP addresses to access your website. It is normally used to block people from a geographic region to access your website.

Rarely

High

- Website Configuration

For setting up some default values for your website.

Seldom

High

- Theme Manager

This is the file area where the files for different color themes are stored. You should not move, rename, or delete any of these files and folders. This area is for programmers use only.

Not recommended to use

Very high

Account Manager

For managing members and assigning permissions to different groups of members.

- User Group

Here, you will determine which permissions to be granted to a User Group. You can add a new group or remove an existing group. (A User Group consists of members who have the same set of permissions).

Depending on the website (*)

High

- User Account

Here, you can activate a member, de-activate a member, delete a member, assign a member to any User Group. Here, you can also change the username and password for a member when it is requested. (A registered user will have an account with the website. ‘User Account’ and ‘Member’ mean the same thing).

Depending on the website (*)

High

Resource Manager

This is the file area of your website. You can use this tool to upload files to the web server. You should not move, rename or delete any files or folders because your website may no longer find the files to display the pages.

Less common

Average

Website Manager

This group contains functions to manage categories, top banner, contact page information, etc. Here, you can also manage the list of authors and keywords.

- Categories

For adding, editing and deleting categories. Here, you can choose a different interface for a category. You can change the way a list is diplayed and the way an article is displayed on the website. You can turn on or off the special boxes for Hot News, Hot Video, Hot Photos… Here, you can also turn on or off any advertisement position.

Less common

Average

- Link Categories

Link category is a special type of category used only for web links. If your website has a page providing a list of links to other websites, you will use link categories to organize these web links into groups. Each group is a link category. Here, you will create (and edit) these link categories.

Less common

High

- Banner Setup

For uploading top banner and logo to the website.

Less common

Average

- System post

This function is used to manage some special articles of the website such as “Privacy Policy”, “Copyright Notice”, “Disclaimer”, etc. The links to these articles are normally at the bottom of the web pages.

Less common

Average

- Contact Page Info

This function is for editing information about your business or association. Contact Page Info is a special type of article which contains the address, phone number, email address, etc. of a business or association. When a viewer clicks on “Contact” or “Contact Us” on your webiste menu, he will see this article. The Contact page also contains a Contact Form for viewer to send comments, suggestions or inquiries to the website. You may also insert a map (provided by Google) to your location in the Contact page.

Less common

Average

- Authors

If your website displays authors along with the articles, you may need to manage the list of authors of these articles. If necessary, you can use this function to edit an author’s name. If you edit it here, all occurrences of this author will be updated.

Seldom

High

- Keywords

If your website displays keywords along with the articles, you may need to manage the list of keywords of these articles. If necessary, you can use this function to edit a keyword. If you edit it here, all occurrences of this keyword will be updated.

Seldom

High

Content Manager

For managing the content of the website. You will go to this group and select the kind of content you want to add or edit.

- Articles

For adding, editing, deleting articles including the “About Us” article.

Common

Average

- Video & Audio

For adding, editing, deleting video and audio items.

Common

Average

- Slide Show

For adding, editing, deleting slide shows.

Common

Average

- Books

For posting books on the website.

Depending on the website (*)

High

- PDF Books

For posting a book on the website in the form of a PDF flip book. In this case, the text will become images and the book is presented similar to a real book. Viewer can flip the pages to read.

Depending on the website (*)

High

- Comments

For managing the comments submitted by viewers about a specific article.

Depending on the website (*)

Average

- Advertisement

For managing advertisements on the website.

Depending on the website (*)

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- Poll Mgnt

For creating an online survey (poll).

Less common

High

- Web links

For managing the web links if your website has a page providing a list of links to other websites.

Less common

High

- Calendar

For adding and editing events if your website has calendar of events.

Less common

High

Storage

This function lets you read the message that viewers sent to the website using the Contact Form. You will also know which articles are sent to friends by the readers. It also helps you email a newsletter or an article to all subscribers to the newsletter service.

Less common

- Subscribers Storage

If your website regularly sends a newsletter to your readers, your website will display a subscription form for readers to subscribe. This function is used to send newsletter to them.

Less common

Average

- Contact Storage

This is where you will read comments, suggestions and inquiries by people who use the Contact Form to submit. You need to use your own email to reply to these inquiries.

Less common

Average

- SendtoFriend Storage

This is where you find out which articles of your website are sent to viewer’s friends.

Less common

Average