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| * Adding content | * Adding content | ||
| * Uploading an image | * Uploading an image | ||
| - | * Creating a page | + | * Creating new pages |
| * Using 'components' | * Using 'components' | ||
| * Installing a plugin | * Installing a plugin | ||
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| Open your browser and go to the root of your new GetSimple site. In the address bar add ''/admin'' to the url (so normally www.example.com/admin) and hit Enter. Type in your Username and Password and Login to the GetSimple Admin Pages. At the far right of the page click on **Settings**. | Open your browser and go to the root of your new GetSimple site. In the address bar add ''/admin'' to the url (so normally www.example.com/admin) and hit Enter. Type in your Username and Password and Login to the GetSimple Admin Pages. At the far right of the page click on **Settings**. | ||
| - | Under **Website Settings** change the **Website Name** to //The Pavement Cafe//, put a tick in the check box for **Use fancy URLs** and click **Save Settings**. | + | Under **Website Settings** change the **Website Name** to //The Pavement Cafe//, check that the **Website URL** box is showing the correct root url, put a tick in the check box for **Use fancy URLs** and click **Save Settings**. |
| The text //The Pavement Cafe// will have appeared at the top left of your screen. Click on it and a new browser tab will open showing your new site front end so that you can see the changes you make from now on by reloading the page. | The text //The Pavement Cafe// will have appeared at the top left of your screen. Click on it and a new browser tab will open showing your new site front end so that you can see the changes you make from now on by reloading the page. | ||
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| The Pavement theme is a cut down and slightly altered version of the free GetSimple theme [[http://get-simple.info/extend/theme/trendybiz/574/|TrendyBiz]]. There are several hundred [[themes:installation|free themes]] available for GetSimple but anybody who knows basic html and css can [[themes:tutorial|create their own]]. | The Pavement theme is a cut down and slightly altered version of the free GetSimple theme [[http://get-simple.info/extend/theme/trendybiz/574/|TrendyBiz]]. There are several hundred [[themes:installation|free themes]] available for GetSimple but anybody who knows basic html and css can [[themes:tutorial|create their own]]. | ||
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| + | Don't forget to check your directory permissions (755 or 777) for this and all other installed modules! | ||
| =====File Upload===== | =====File Upload===== | ||
| In day to day editing of a GetSimple site there is no need for ftp. We are going to put an image on the homepage of our site so we will first upload it through the Admin pages. Go to the **Files** tab, click on **Upload files and/or Images...**, choose the file //cafe.jpg// (which you downloaded from this page)and upload it directly into the //uploads// folder. Click on it to view it. That's done. | In day to day editing of a GetSimple site there is no need for ftp. We are going to put an image on the homepage of our site so we will first upload it through the Admin pages. Go to the **Files** tab, click on **Upload files and/or Images...**, choose the file //cafe.jpg// (which you downloaded from this page)and upload it directly into the //uploads// folder. Click on it to view it. That's done. | ||
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| =====Homepage Content===== | =====Homepage Content===== | ||
| - | In the Back End (Admin) click on the **Pages** Tab.{{ :wiki:imgprop.jpg?nolink&300|}} The only page we have so far is the default index page titled //Welcome to GetSimple//. Click on the Page Title to open the Page Editor. This is GetSimple's semi-[[how_to:wysiwyg_editor|WYSIWYG Editor]]. In its default state there are only a few basic controls but the editor can be configured and customised for advanced use. | + | Still in the Back End (Admin) click on the **Pages** Tab.{{ :wiki:imgprop.jpg?nolink&300|}} The only page we have so far is the default index page titled //Welcome to GetSimple//. Click on the Page Title to open the Page Editor. This is GetSimple's semi-[[how_to:wysiwyg_editor|WYSIWYG Editor]]. In its default state there are only a few basic controls but the editor can be configured and customised for advanced use. |
| Change the Page Title to //Welcome to the Pavement Cafe Website// and delete all the text in the main content area. Click on the **Image** button {{:wiki:button.jpg?nolink|}}to open **Image Properties** then **Browse Server**, and choose cafe.jpg. Write in some //alt// text and click **OK**. The image is already the right size so we don't need to resize or align it. | Change the Page Title to //Welcome to the Pavement Cafe Website// and delete all the text in the main content area. Click on the **Image** button {{:wiki:button.jpg?nolink|}}to open **Image Properties** then **Browse Server**, and choose cafe.jpg. Write in some //alt// text and click **OK**. The image is already the right size so we don't need to resize or align it. | ||
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