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CONCRETE5MANUALSEXPLAININGTHEWORKINGSOF CONCRETE5

Subject: Concrete5smanuals.

For: UserswithaccesstotheConcrete5Dashboard.

Date: 20090513Author: TomdeBruijn


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TomdeBruijnNewanz.com13052009 P a g e |2

CONTENTS Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................5

Aboutthesemanuals.................................................................................................................................................5

Issues?.......................................................................................................................................................................5

Termonology..................................................................................................................................................................7

Readandeditpages..................................................................................................................................................7

Dashboard.................................................................................................................................................................8

DevelopingforConcrete5..........................................................................................................................................8

Login

and

forgot

password

............................................................................................................................................

9

Forgotpassword?......................................................................................................................................................9

Dashboardinterface....................................................................................................................................................10

Sitemap........................................................................................................................................................................12

Editingpages................................................................................................................................................................15

Creatingpages.........................................................................................................................................................15

Editingpages............................................................................................................................................................16

Addingblocks...........................................................................................................................................................16

Editingblocks...........................................................................................................................................................17

Savingpages............................................................................................................................................................17

Versions...................................................................................................................................................................18

(Event)forms...............................................................................................................................................................19

Creatingforms.........................................................................................................................................................19

Addingquestions.....................................................................................................................................................19

Editing......................................................................................................................................................................20

Preview....................................................................................................................................................................20

Options....................................................................................................................................................................20


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Filemanager................................................................................................................................................................21

Uploadingfiles.........................................................................................................................................................21

Singlefile..............................................................................................................................................................21

Multiplefiles........................................................................................................................................................21

Downloading............................................................................................................................................................23

Sets..........................................................................................................................................................................23

Rescanningfiles.......................................................................................................................................................24

Deletingfiles............................................................................................................................................................25

Searchengine..........................................................................................................................................................26

Permissions..............................................................................................................................................................27

reports.........................................................................................................................................................................29

Surveys.....................................................................................................................................................................29

Usermanager..............................................................................................................................................................30

Users........................................................................................................................................................................30

Creatingnewuseraccounts................................................................................................................................30

Editinguseraccounts...........................................................................................................................................30

Usergroups..............................................................................................................................................................30

Creatingnewusergroup(s).................................................................................................................................31

Editingusergroups..............................................................................................................................................31

Userattributes.........................................................................................................................................................31

Settings....................................................................................................................................................................32

Maintenance................................................................................................................................................................32

Pages

and

themes

........................................................................................................................................................

34

PageTypes...............................................................................................................................................................34

Pageattributes....................................................................................................................................................34

Singlepages.............................................................................................................................................................34


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Addfunctionality.........................................................................................................................................................35

Sitewidesettings..........................................................................................................................................................35

Scrapbook....................................................................................................................................................................37

Globalscrapbook.....................................................................................................................................................38

Permissions..................................................................................................................................................................38

Extrainformation(DifferencebetweenAdministrators)........................................................................................38

Pagepermissies.......................................................................................................................................................38

Reachablethrough:.............................................................................................................................................38

Description...........................................................................................................................................................38

Setpermissions(popupbox)..............................................................................................................................39

Blockpermissions....................................................................................................................................................41

Reachablethrough:.............................................................................................................................................41

Description...........................................................................................................................................................41

Permissions(tab).................................................................................................................................................41


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INTRODUCTION ThesemanualsaremeanttodescribetheworkingsoftheConcrete5CMS.Thesemanualsareonlyaboutthe

Concrete5interface.

WhilewritingthesemanualsthelatestversionofConcrete5,version5.3.1.1,isused.Thisversionwasavailableon

20090428.

NotalldefaultfeaturesofConcrete5willbeexplained,becausethereisofficialConcrete5documentationavailable

forthesefeatures.Intheofficialdocumentationthemostbasicworkingsareexplainedandsomehavescreen

castsavailable.ThesescreenscastsaresmallmoviesthatshowhowtheConcrete5interfaceworks.

Manualsandscreencastsareavailableathttp://www.concrete5.org.Currently(27042009)theycanbereached

directlyat:http://www.concrete5.org/help/editing.(Thislinkmaychangeovertime.)

ThewebsiteandinterfaceofConcrete5iscurrentlyonlyavailableinEnglish,butsomelocalgroupsarebusywith

translationsandcommunities.TheDutchgroup,forexample,shouldbeavailableathttp://www.concretecms.nl/,

butthiscurrentlyonlyshowstheComingBackSoonmessage.

ABOUTTHESE MANUALS

ThesemanualsarewrittenbyTomdeBruijnofNewanz.com.Themanualswereapartofhisinternshipthathedid

fromJanuarytillmidJunein2009.Thedocumentwasreleasedasitmightbenefitthecommunity,butnoclaims

canbemadeuponit.

TheonlythingIrequestisthat,whenasked,youadmitthisdocumentiswrittenbytheoriginalauthor.Myschool

mightbeapainaboutthisone.Besides,IhavetheoriginalDutchversionofthisdocumentandmyEnglish

translationsmightbealittlestiffnowandthen.Also,Iremovedallmanualsforcustomblocks,logosandnames

fromthedocumentandimages.

Itisallowedtomodify/changethecontentsofthisdocumenttoimprovethedocumentationfortheConcrete5

community.

ISSUES?

IssomethingnotworkingintheinterfaceofConcrete5?AreyouusingaversionofMicrosoftInternetExplorer

lowerthanversion8?Thatisyouproblem.

InternetExplorerhasneveractuallyfollowedtheguidelinesofHTML,CSS,JavaScriptandotherlanguages.Thisis

whysomeapplications,weredevelopersarefollowingtheW3Chttp://w3.orgguidelines,dontworklikethey

wereintended.

Version8ofInternetExplorerisonitswaytofollowthoseguidelines,butthisstillmeansthatolderversionsofthe

browserdont.TheConcrete5developmentteamdoesnttrytomakeitworkonolderversions,butdoesfor

version8.


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Whenotherissuesarise,youshouldreportthistoyourlocalConcrete5Administrator.Ifyouareexperiencinga

reproducibleproblemtheyareabletofindtheoriginoftheproblemsooner,sopleasetrytofindoutwhyitoccurs.


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TERMONOLOGY Concrete5hassometermsthatarentfamiliarwitheveryone.ThatiswhyallthetermsthatConcrete5usesareput

explainedbelow.Thisisusefulwhenyourunintooneormoreofthesetermsastheyareusedthroughoutthe

manuals.

READ AND EDITPAGES

Viewmodeo Readingpageswhentheuserisnotloggedin,doesnthaverightstoeditthepageorwhenthe

pageisnotopenineditmode.

Editmodeo Whenauserisloggedin,andhasrightstoeditapage,theycanopenthepageineditmode.The

pagewillreloadandeditfunctionswillbeavailable.

o Ineditmodeitspossibletochangethecontentofapageusingblockeditors. Editor

o Aneditorisawindowthatopenswhenablockinapageisopenedforediting.Inthiseditorthecontentsofablockcanbechanged.

Publishingo

Publishing

is

a

term

used

for

approving

the

page

to

go

live.

Making

it

visible

for

visitors.

o Pagesthatareediteddontnecessarilyhavetobepublished;theycanalsobesavedasapreviewversion.Thisisusefulwhenmorepeopleareworkingonapageorwhenthenewversionofthe

pageshouldntgoliveyet.

Versionso Whenapageiseditedandsavedanewversioniscreated.Theoldversionissavedsoyoucan

alwaysreturnthepagetoapreviousversion.Whenapageissavedforpreviewanewversionis

alsocreated.Thisnewversionwillbevisibleforeveryonethatisallowedtoeditthatpage.When

aversionisreadytobepublishedthepersonthatisabletopublishpagesshouldbeinformedso

heorshecanpublishthepage.Thisdependsonyourlocalpermissionsscheme.

Designo Adesignisasubthemethatyoucanselectforapage.Thisdesignisthenusedtocreatethe

basiclayoutofthepage.Itgivesyoumoreorlessareastoplaceblocksandsomeotherdefault

layoutstyles.


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Blockso Standardinstalledoradditionalpluginsthatcontainandshowyourpagesactualcontent.

Withoutblocksyourpagewouldnthavecontent.

DASHBOARD

ThedashboardistheAdministratorsideofConcrete5.MoreisexplainedaboutthisintheDashboardinterfacesection.

DEVELOPING FOR CONCRETE5

Eventso EventsarescriptsthatarecalledwhenacertainactionoccursinConcrete5.

EventsthatoccurinConcrete5(andaredocumented)are:

Beforeloadingofapage. Afterloadingofapage. Whenmaking,editing,moving,deleting,duplicatingandreadingof:

Pages Useraccounts Usergroups.

Uploadingfiles. Packages(previouslyknownasapplications)

o Packagesarecombinedfeatures.Blocks,pagecontrollersandeventsarecombinedtocreateapackage.Thispackageshouldthenbeplacedinthepackagesdirectory.Pagecontrollersare

scriptsthatruninthebackgroundandcanbeactivatedbyacertainaction.

Singlepageso Singlepagesarepagesthatonlyoccuronlyonceonthewebsite.Loginpagesorregisterpages

aresimpleexamplesofthesepages.Thesepagesshouldonlyhavetooccuronceandtheyusually

presentaspecialfunction.

Areaso Areasarelocationstowhichyoucanaddblocks.Withoutareasnoblockscouldbeaddedandno

contentwouldexist.Toareaspermissionscanbelinked,thesearedependantofusergroups.


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LOGIN ANDFORGOT PASSWORDWhenyouvisitapagethatyoucanonlyreadwhenyouare

loggedinorwhenyouaretryingtoreachtheDashboardyou

willgetthisloginscreen.(Seetheimageontheright).

Theloginscreenalsofeaturesacoupleofoptions.Thedefault

optionistologinandthatsjustwhyyougetthisscreen.Enter

youusernameandpasswordandthenpresssignin.When

tickingtheRemembermecheckboxConcrete5willremember

yourloginforthenexttimeyouneedtologin.

FORGOTPASSWORD?

Forgotyourpassword?Cantlogin?Enteryour(registered)email

addressintheemailaddressformfieldbelowtheloginform.

Press

the

button

Reset

and

Email

Password

and

you

get

an

emailsendtoyouraddresscontainingyournewpassword.

However,itisrecommendedtochangeyourpasswordafterthis

feature.


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DASHBOARDINTERFACEBelowhereyouwillseeanimagewiththeinterfaceoftheDashboard.Youcanonlyseethiswhenyouhavea

Concrete5useraccountandwhenyoupermissiontoviewthedashboard.

NoteveryuserwillbeabletoseeallthefeaturesthatareavailableinConcrete5.Thisdependsonthepermissions

thataresettothegroup(s)whichtheuserisaddedto.

Interfacepartsnumbers:

1. Clickontheimagetogobacktotherootofthedashboard(currentlyshownpage).2. Pressheretoreturntothefirstpageofthewebsite.3. Areyouhavingproblemswithsomething?PressheretogothehelppageofConcrete5ontheConcrete5

website,http://concrete5.org/help.Theinbuiltsearchfunctionwillmakeiteasiertofindsolutionstothe

issuesthatyoucurrentlyexperiencing.

4. Signout.YouwilllogoutfromConcrete5andwillbeabletoenterthedashboardonlywhenyouareloggedinagain.Theremembermefunctionwillforgetyouaswell.

5. Versionnumber.Sinceversion5.3theversionnumberofConcrete5isvisiblehereunlesstabsareavailable.

6. Navigationofthedashboard.ThefirstistheSitemap.Thisfeaturewillbedescribedindetailinthesection.


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7. Filemanager.Inthismanageryouwillbeabletoseeuploadedfilesandmanagethem.FilesareabletobeplacedinSets.Theseareakindofgroupwhichmakessearchingforfileseasier.

8. Reports.Viewallfilledinformresultsonthewebsite.9. Nonstandardfunctionality.Notexplainedinthisversionofthemanuals.10. UsersandGroups.Userandgroupmanagers.11. Scrapbook.Scrapbookwhichyoucanusetocopyblocksovertheentirewebsite.12. PagesandThemes.Managepagetypes,themesandsinglepages.13. Addfunctionality.Inspectcurrentlyinstalledblocksandinstallnewones.14. Maintenance.Runtasksthatwillimprovethewebsitessearchengine,generateasitemapandimport

customerinformation.

15. Changesettingsthatapplyfortheentirewebsite.16. Theactualcontentofthedashboard.

Hereformsareshowntoperformsearch

andeditactions.Thisisshowninblocks

like17and18.Whenapagecontains

subpagestherewillbetabsavailablelikeintheimageontheright.ThemostleftpageThemesis

currentlyactive.

17. Lookatsomeglobalstatisticsofthewebsiteandtheuseritself.18. Statisticsgraphwhichshowsthenumberofvisitsofanentireweek.Moveoverwithyourmovetoseethe

actual

amount.

Numbers1through15arealwaysavailablewithexceptionsbypermissions.


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SITEMAPThesitemapisalistofallthepagesthatareavailableintheConcrete5CMS.Allpages,evenwhentheusercant

editthem,aredisplayedinthesitemap.TheHomepageisthefirstpagewherevisitorswillseewhenthegothe

directURLofthewebsite.OnthehomepageascriptisaddedtoredirectuserstothePublicpage.Thehome

pageisonlypagethatisstuckinthesystem,whichmeansitcannotbedeletedfromthesystem.

Whenapagehassubpagestheiconforthispagewillbedisplayedasadirectory.Thissystemshouldremind

peopletotheexplorer,inMicrosoftWindows(XP),whichlookssimilar.Bypressingtheplus(+)signinfrontofthe

iconyouwillbeabletoexpandthepagetoshowallitssubpages.Presstheminus()signtohideallsubpages.

Thenumberthatappearsbehindsomepagestheirtitlesistheamountofsubpagesthatareaddeddirectlybelow

them.Subpagesofsubpagesarenotcounted.

Bypressingonthetitleofapagewiththeleftmousebuttonamenuwillappear.Thismenuwillcontainseveral

optionsthataredescribedinthelistbelow.

Visito Visitthepageyoujustselected.Whenvisitingapageyoucanswitchtoeditmodeandeditthe

page.

Properties


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o Changepropertiesofthepage.Name,description,URLsofthepageand

additionalinformationcanbeaddedhere.

Setpermissionso ThisisonlyavailableforAdministrators,

butherethepermissionsperpagecanbe

set.Readmoreaboutthisinthe

Permissionssectionlateroninthis

document.

Designo Changethedesignofthepage.Thedesign

isthepagetypeselectedwhencreating

thepage.

Versionso Versionmanagerofthepage.Lookatolder

versionsofthepageandcomparethem

witheachother.

Deleteo Deletetheselectedpageandallsubpages

thatareaddedtoit.

o Whenapageisdeleteditisdeletedpermanently.

ChangePageOrdero Changetheorderofthepagesastheyoccur

inthesitemap.Draganicontoanother

locationtomoveitthere.

Move/Copyo Moveorcopythepagetoanotherlocation.

Dragtheiconofthepagetoanotherpagewhereitshouldbeaddedto.Threeoptionswill

appear:Move,CreateAliasandCopy.Movewillmovethepageundertheselectedpage.Create

Aliaswillmakeitlooklikethepageisaddedunderthatpagewhenitactuallyremainsinits

currentposition.Copywillcopytheentirepageundertheotherpage.Fromthatpointon

multipleversionsofthatpageexistandeditingonewillnotaffecttheotherpage,thisishowever

thecasewithCreateAlias.

Searchpageso Searchthroughthesubpageswithakeyword.

Addpage


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o Addanothersubpagetotheselectedpage. AddExternalLink

o AddanURLredirectioninsteadofapageassubpage.Whenauserclicksonthispagehe/shewillberedirectedtothesavedURL.

Inthesitemapitsnotonlypossibletosearchthroughsubpagesofapage,butthroughallpagesatthesametime.

Ontherightsideofthesitemapaverycompletesearchfilterisavailabletosearchforthepage(s)youneed.

ThereisalsoacheckboxShowSystemPagesavailable.WhenthisischeckedallDashboardpageswillbevisiblein

thesitemapaswell.Theirdetailscanbeedited,butnottheirfunctionality.


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EDITING PAGES CREATING PAGES

Tocreateapageyoushouldfirstknowwheretoadditunder.Whenalocationischosenthepagehastobe

opened,ifithasntalready,andpresstheAddpagebutton.

Nextaboxwillopenwhereyoucanaddtheinformationaboutthenewpage.AfterchoosingaPage

type/Designthisoptionswillhide.AftercorrectlyenteringinformationaboutthepagepresstheAddbutton

atthebottom.


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Aftercreatingapagethiswillturnupinthesitemap,butwillonlybevisibleforthevisitorswhenitispublished.

EDITINGPAGES

Throughthesitemaporbybrowsingonthewebsite,inviewmode,pagescanbeopened.Whenauser,thathas

thepermissiontoeditthepage,viewsthepagetheEditbarwillbevisibleontopofthepage.

Whenauserisinviewmodethebarwilllooklikethis:

Whenauserisineditmode,bypressingintheimageaboveonEditpage,theeditbarwilllooklikeintheimage

below.

Ineditmodemoreoptionsareavailable.LeaveeditmodebyclickingonExiteditmode.Nextaboxwillappear

thatasksyoutosavethediscardchanges,previewthenewversionorpublishtheversion.

OthersettingsofthepagelikeProperties,Design,Permissions,VersionsenMove/Deletedonthaveto

bepresent.Whetherornottheseoptionsavailablewilldependonthepermissionsgiventotheusergroupyouare

currentlyin.

ADDINGBLOCKS

Addanewblocktoapagebyclickingonalinklikeintheimagebelow.TheAddto[Area]linksgivetheoptionto

addblockstothatarea.

Afterclickingonthelinkliketheoneintheimageabove,theAddBlockwindowwillopen.Hereitspossibleto

addnewblockstothearea.Chooseablockandclickonthenameortheplus(+)sign,theeditorofthatblockwill

nowopen.


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Blockeditorschangeperblock,almostnonearethesame.

AddBlockwindowwithalltheblocksavailable.

EDITINGBLOCKS

Ineditmodeallblocks,thatareadded,willhaveaborder,whichisareddottedline.Whenyoumoveyourmouse

overtheblockitwillhighlight,eventhoughthecolorofthehighlightisdarker.

Normal(inactive) Active(highlighted)Afteropeningtheblock,theblockeditorwillappear.

SAVINGPAGES


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Aftereditingapageyouwanttosavethechanges.PresstheExiteditmodebuttonandthewindowintheimage

belowwillappear.Youcannametheversionandthenselecttheoptionyouwant.

DiscardMyEditso Undoallchangesandreturntothelatestsavedversion.

PreviewMyEditso Saveallchanges,butdontpublishthepageyet.o Whenapageisopenedinviewmode,byauserthatcaneditthepage,thelatestsavedversion,

alsopreviewversions,isdisplayed.ThelinkThisversioniswaitingapproval.Approvethis

version.willbeshowntoquicklypublishthepage.

o Whenanotherusereditsthepagehe/shewillcontinueinthelatestsavedversion,evenwhenitissavedbyanotheruser.

PublishMyEditso Saveallchangesandpublishthepageonthewebsite.Thisoptionisnotavailablewhenyouhave

norightstopublishthepage.

o Whenapageispublishedyouonlypublishthatpageandnotitssubpages.

VERSIONS

Likedescribedabovetherecanbemultipleversionsofapage.Everytimeyousaveapageanewversioniscreated.

Thisisuseful,becauseyoucanalwaysreturntoanearlierstateofthepage.

Thebuttonversionsintheeditbar(whenavailable)willshowalistwithalltheversionsofthepageandoptions

to

compare,

delete

and

publish

versions.


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(EVENT) FORMSCREATING FORMS

CreatingaformisdonebyaddingtheFormblocktoapage.Theformblockshowsanormalformwhichtheuser

canfillinandsendtothesystemandtheKlantForm+blockshowsasimilarformonlyitalreadyfillsthequestion

withaknownanswerusingcustomerrecognition.Moreinformationaboutthecustomerrecognitionisexplained

lateron.

ADDINGQUESTIONS

Whenaddingaquestiontotheform3optionshavetobeentered:

Questiono Nameofthequestion.Enterthequestionwhichtheuserwillseehere.

AnswerTypeo Thefollowingoptionsarepossible:

TextField TextAreaBiggerTextField

Here2moreoptionsareavailable:o WidthWidthofthetextareainpixelso HeightHeightofthetextareainpixels

Radiobutton Heremoreoptionsareavailable:

o Atextareawillappearwhereoneverylineapossibleanswercanbeentered.

SelectboxDropdownbox Heremoreoptionsareavailable:


Checkboxlist Heremoreoptionsareavailable:



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FILEMANAGER ThefilemanagerinConcrete5hasrecentlybeenrewritten.Inversion5.3thefilemanagersoptionshasbeen

expandedandimproved.Firstoffthefilemanagerwasansimplemanagerwhichhadnorealsupportforasingle

locationtosavefiles.Blocksandaddonshadtohandlefilesontheirown.

Thishaschangedandnowthereisasinglelocationtosavefilesandsearchforthem.Thesefunctionswillbe

explainedbelow.

UPLOADINGFILES

Thefilemangerisworkingwithuploadedfiles.Thesefilesshouldfirstbeuploadedandaddedtothesystem.Thats

whytherearemorethanonewaystodothis.

SINGLEFILE

Uploadingasinglefilecanbedonethroughtheformthatisintheimagebelow.Chooseawiththebrowsebutton

andthenpressUpload.Thefilewillnowbeaddedtothesystem.

MULTIPLE FILES

Itsalsopossibletouploadmultiplefilesatthesametime.Thiscanbeveryusefulwhenuploadinglargeamountof

files.IntheimagebelowthereisalinkMore,clickitandanewwindowwillappear.


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UPLOADINGFILESFROMTHECOMPUTER

Inthenewwindow,theimagebelow,youhavetopressAddfilestobeabletoselectmultiplefilesinthroughthe

interfaceofyouroperatingsystem.Afterthat,presstheStartuploadsbuttontouploadthefiles,whenthe

uploadingiscompletetheresultswillbeshowninthesamewindow.

Filesselected:

Files

uploaded:

WhenyouaredoneuploadingfilesyoucanclosethewindowbyclickingontheCloselinkonthetopright

corner.Youruploadedfileswillthenbecomevisibleinthefilemanager.

UPLOADINGFILESFROMTHEINTERNET

Therearemorewaystouploadfilesthenfromyourcomputer.Youcanalsouploadfilesdirectlyfromtheinternet.

OpentheAddRemoteFilestabtoenterURLsfromfilesontheinternetthatyouwanttoupload.


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WhenyouaredoneuploadingfilesyoucanclosethewindowbyclickingontheCloselinkonthetopright

corner.Youruploadedfileswillthenbecomevisibleinthefilemanager.

DOWNLOADING

Itsalsopossibletodownloadoneormultiplefilesatthesametimefromthefilemanager.Theselectedfileswill

becomeavailableinadownloadablearchive.

SelectthefilesyouwanttodownloadusingthecheckboxesandthenselectDownloadfromthedropdownbox.

SETS


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Thereisnooptiontocreatedirectoriesinthefilemanager,butthereisasimilarfunctionavailable.Setsaresets

offilescombinedtoatypeofgroup.Selectthefilesyouwanttoaddtoasetusingthecheckboxesandthenselect

Setsfromthedropdownbox.

Afterclickingonthesetsoptioninthedropdownbox,thewindowfromtheimagebelowwillappear.Setsthatare

alreadypresentinthefilemanagerwillbedisplayedalongwithanindicatorifthefile(s)havealreadybeenadded

toaset.Afilecanbeaddedtomultiplesets.

Toaddthefile(s)toanewsetyoucanusethetextfieldunderthealreadypresentsetsandenteranameforthe

newset.Clickupdatetoaddthefilestotheselectedsets.

Setscanbeusedtomakearchivingandsearchingaloteasier,buttheyalsohaveausein,forexample,the

standardslideshowblock.Whenaddingslidestotheslideshowyoucanselectawholesetatoncetobeaddedto

theslideshowinsteadofaddingeveryimageseparately.

SetscanbeindividuallyeditedintheSetstabinthefilemanager.

RESCANNING FILES

Whenanuploadischangedbysomeonewithdirectaccesstotheserverorwhenanewversionofthefileis

uploadedtheregisteredinformationnolongermatcheswiththeactualupload.Toupdatethisinformationusethe

Rescanfunctionfromthedropdownbox.Thiswillrescanallselectedfiles,updateallknowndetailsandcreate

newthumbnails.


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Selectthefilesyouwanttorescanandselecttherescanoptionfromthedropdownbox.

DELETING FILES

Filescanalsobedeletedfromthefilemanager.SelectthefilesyouwanttodeleteandselecttheDeleteoption

fromthedropdownbox.

AfterselectingtheDeleteoptionanewwindowwillappearwithaconfirmationmessage.


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PressDeletetodeletetheshownfiles.

PressCanceltoabortthecurrentoperationandkeeptheshownfiles.

SEARCHENGINE

Thesearchengineinthefilemangermakespossibletosearchforfilesusingmultiplefilters.Youcansearchon:

Filename Filesize Filetype(image) Fileextension(.jpg,.gif,.doc,.xls,.ppt) Uploaddate Widthofanimage Heightofanimage.

Thesetscancometousehereasitispossibletosearchinsets,but

thisisalsothewaytoseeallfilesinaset.TheFoundinSetdropdownboxshowsallsetsandwhenselected(and

pressedthesearchbutton)allfilesintheselectedsetaredisplayed.

Addanewfilterusingtheplus(+)imageandremoveafilterusingtheminus()image.


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PressSearchwhenyouhaveconfiguredthesearchengineandyouwanttogettheresults.

PERMISSIONS

Forthefilemanagerthereisaseparatepermissionspage.ThispageisundertheAccesstab.Onthispageyou

cansetwhichusergroupshaveaccesstowhichfilesandwhattheyareabletodowiththem.Youcanalso

distinguishusersbyonlyallowingthemtoperformactionontheirownuploadedfiles.Thereisalsoanoptionto

restrictuploadingofcertainfiletypes.

ItsrecommendtosecurethispagethroughthesitemaptoonlyallowaccessfromusersintheAdministratorsgroup.

Foreachgroupyoucansetthefollowingpermissions,displayedintheimagebelow:

ViewSiteFileso Viewuploadedfilesonthewebsite.o ItsrecommendedtoputthisonYesforeverygroup.

SearchFileso Searchforfilesinthefilemanager.o Thegrouphastohaveaccesstothefilemanageritself.o Minewillonlygiveusersaccesstosearchinitsownuploadedfiles.

EditFileso Allowuserstoeditfilesinthefilemanager.o Thegrouphastohaveaccesstothefilemanageritself.o Minewillonlygiveusersaccesstoedittheirownuploadedfiles.

AdminFileso Deletefileso Changeinformationofthefiles.o Thegrouphastohaveaccesstothefilemanageritself.o Minewillonlygivetheusersaccesstoperformtheseactionsontheirownuploadedfiles.

AddFileso Allowuserstouploadnewfilestothefilemanager.


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o Customallowsyoutosetonlyspecificfiletypestobeuploadedtothefilemanagerforthatselectedgroup.


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REPORTS WhenavisitorssubmitsaformonthewebsitethisissavedintheConcrete5database.Inthedashboardyoucan

lookthroughtheseresultsatanytime.

OndefaulttheFormresultstabwillbeopenedwhenyouclickonreportsontheleftsideofthenavigation.Here

youcanlookthroughsubmittedformresults.

Alltheknownformsaredisplayedinthetopblockintheimageabove.ViewResponseswillmakethelowerbox

appearwiththeresultsofthatform.Openpagewillopenthepageonwhichtheformisadded.Thebottombox

willshowtheresultsoftheselectedform.Viewallfieldswillshowalltheanswerstoallthequestionsinsteadof

onlythefirsttwothatareshownondefault.ExporttoExcelallowsuserstodownloadanexcelsheetwithallthe

formresults.

SURVEYS

Thesurveystabwillshowsinformationaboutsurveysthatareaddedtothewebsite.Allsurveyswillbelistedon

thepage.Pressthenameofthesurveytoseetheresultsofthesurvey.

IntheLogstaballtheimportantlogsaresavedofactionsthattheConcrete5systemperforms,forexamplewhena

userforgetsitspasswordandwhenConcrete5findsanunexpectederrororexception.Thedatabasetabwillshow

allthequeriesthatareperformedbythesystem.Theselogscangrowquitelargeandthatiswhyits

recommendedtocleantheselogsfromtimetotimewhentheyaresettoactive.

AlllogscanbedisabledintheSitewidesettingssectioninthetabDebug.


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USERMANAGER USERS

CREATING NE WUSER ACCOUNTS

Thefollowingfieldsareavailableondefaultwhencreatinguseraccounts,thesefieldscannotbedeleted:

Username Password(2xconfirmation) Avatarnotrequired

o BecauseConcrete5canalsobeusedforcommunitiesthisfeatureisavailableondefault.PressafterenteringalltherequiredfieldsontheCreateuserbutton.Theuserwillbecreatedandcanloginwith

thelogindetailsyoujustentered.

EDITINGUSER ACCOUNTS

FirstyouwillhavetofindauserontheFinduserspagetobeabletoeditauser.Usewordsorcharactersthat

areusedintheusernameorpasswordoftheuseraccountyouwanttoedit.

Aftersearchingyouwillgetaresultlistwithusersthatmatchthewordsyouentered.Pressonthename,notthe

emailaddress,oftheuseraccountyouwanttoedit.Theprofilepagewillnowopenandpressontheeditbuttonto

startediting.WhichfieldsareavailabledependsontheamountofadditionalfieldstherearecreatedintheUser

Attributessection.Thefieldsfromtheusercreationscreenarealsoavailable.

ADDINGUSERSTO GROUPS

Intheusereditorthereisanoptiontoadduserstousergroups.Theadvantagesofthisoptionismanaginguser

accountsandmanagingpermissionssetforanentiregroupofusersinsteadofapplyingpermissionstoeverysingle

useraccount.

TheoptionisavailableundertheAddGrouplink.Alistwithallavailableusergroupswillappear.Selectthe

group(s)youwanttoaddtheuserandsavetheuserprofile.

USERGROUPS

Userscanbeaddedtousergroupswhichmakesmanaginguserseasier.Allsettingsandpermissionsarehandled

onusergrouplevelandwillapplytoeveryuserthatisaddedtothesegroups.Whenauserisnotaddedtoany

group(s)theuserwillhavethepermissionsfromtheRegisteredusersgroup.Visitors,notloggedinusers,will

havethepermissionsfromtheGuestsgroup.


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Howpermissionscanbesettousergroupsisexplainedinthepermissionssection.

CREATING NE WUSER GROUP(S)

OnthebottomoftheGroupspagethereisasmallformpresentwhichallowsyoutocreatenewusergroups.

You

can

enter

a

name

and

description

for

the

group.

No

other

information

is

needed.

EDITINGUSER GROUPS

Pressonanameofausergrouptoedittheinformationaboutthatgroup.Hereyoucanchangethenameand

descriptionofthegroup.SavechangesbyclickingontheUpdatebutton.

USERATTRIBUTES

IntheUserattributestabitispossibletoaddadditionalfieldstouserprofiles.Firstalistisdisplayedwithallthe

alreadypresentuserattributes;thesecanalsobeeditedhere.

ThevaluesoftheseattributescanbesetbytheuseritselforbyanAdministrator.Thereisalsoanoptiontoshow

theseattributesonregistrationoftheuseraccountwhenregistrationisenabled.

Handleo IsusedinthedatabaseandcanbeusedtocalltheinformationinPHP.

Typeo Whattypeoffieldwillbeusedtoentertheinformation?Options:textfield,largetextarea,

checkbox,dropdownbox,radiobuttonsandHTMLtext.

Nameo Thenameofthequestiontheuserwillseeintheuserprofileeditor.

Valueso Onlyusedwithradiobuttonsandthedropdownbox.Theoptionstheuserwillseehavetobe

enteredhere.Oneoptionperrule.

Hiddeno Willhidethefieldfromtheuser.

Requiredo Isthequestionrequiredtosavetheprofileorcompletetheregistration?

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o Thisvaluewillorwillnotbeshowninthepublicprofile. RegistrationQ

o Isthisquestionavailableontheregistrationpage?

SETTINGS

Thereareanumberofglobalsettingsthatapplyforallusers.ThiscanbefoundundertheUserRegistrationtab.

Registrationo Registrationisdisabledo Registrationsneedtobeverifiedwithanemail.o RegistrationshavetobemanuallyapprovedbyanAdministrator.o Registrationisenabled.o AllowuserstousetheirOpenID.o Usetheemailaddressasusername.

Profileso Activatepubliclyavailableprofilepagesforuseraccounts..

MAINTENANCE OntheMaintenancepageyoucanaddscripts,calledJobs,toberunataspecifictimeanddatethroughcronjobs.

Intheimagebelowthejobsarenotrunning.


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WhenthescriptisrunningtherewillbeaJavaScriptprogressanimationvisible.ThisishandledbyConcrete5.

Whenthescripthassuccessfullyrunagreeniconwillbevisible.

WhensomethinghasgonewrongwhilerunningthescripttherewillbeayellowiconvisiblefortheJobthathas

returnedtheerrorandintheResultsofLastRuncolumnanerrormessagewillappear.

BypressingremoveyoucanremovejobsfromConcrete5.ThescriptwillbevisibleonthepageasaNotinstalled

jobwhichcanbeinstalledatanytimebyclickingonthename.Toremovethejobentirelyyouhavetoremovethe

jobfilefromthejobsdirectoryinyourinstallation.


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Byusingthelinkatthebottomofthepagethescriptscanbeputinaschedulesystemlikethecronjobs.Thenthe

serverwillrunthose(selected)scriptsataspecifictimeandday.

PAGESAND THEMES OnthePagesandThemespageitspossibletochangesettingsofthewebsitethatareforthedesign,

theme/layout,ofthewebsite.Youcanselectadefaultthemeandinstallnewthemeswhentheyareuploadedto

thewebserver.ThereisanoptionCustomizewhereyoucanchangeanumberofsimplesettingsofthetheme,

butIdontrecommendit,becausetheyaretoosimpleandsomethemesnolongerusethisoption.Youcan

howeverusethisonthedefaultthemesPlainYogurtandGreenSaladThemewithlessriskinvolved.

PAGETYPES

InthetabPageTypesnewpagetypescanbeaddedandthedefaultblockscanbesetforpagetypes.Apagetype

isusedtoselectalayoutinsidethedesignofatheme.Forexample:Fullwidth,leftsidebar,rightsidebar,no

headerpagetypes.

Therecanbedefaultblocksaddedtothepagetype.Thesedefaultblockswillbeatomicallyaddedtoeverynew

pagecreatedwiththispagetype.Thealreadyexistingpageswillnotcontainthedefaultblockswhentheyare

addedtothedefaultsettings.

PAGEATTRIBUTES

InthesametabyoucanaddPageAttributes.Thesepageattributesareadditionalvaluesthatcanbeaddedto

everypage.TheyworkinthesamewayasUserAttributes.

Theycanbeenteredinthepropertieswindowofthepagewhenthisisopenedforediting.

SINGLEPAGES

Singlepagesarepagesthatonlyoccuronceinthewebsiteandusuallyfeatureanuniquefunction.Thesekindsof

pagesareloginpages,profilepages,specialforms,etc.Singlepagesarevisibleinthesitemapandcanbetreated

likeanormalConcrete5page.

ThesinglepageshavetobeaddedthroughthesinglepagesmanagerundertheSinglepagestabinthePages

andThemessection.Themanagerdoesnotallowmoreoptionsthanaddingapagebecausetherestofthe

propertiesandsettingscanbemanagedthroughthesitemap.

WhileaddingasinglepageyouhavetoenteranURL.Hereyoushouldtakeinaccounthowthepageiscalledasa

PHPfileinthesingle_pagesdirectoryonthewebserver.

Whenthesinglepageisplacedonthewebserverlikethis:concrete/single_pages/newpage.php

ThishastobeenteredasURL:newpage

Whenthesinglepageisplacedonthewebserverlikethis:concrete/single_pages/adirectory/newpage.php

ThishastobeenteredasURL:adirectory/newpage


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View.phpisseenasthedefaultpageandwonthavetobeentered;thisisveryusefulinsubdirectories.

ADD FUNCTIONALITY OntheAddfunctionalitypagethereisalistofalltheinstalledblocks.Theseblockscanbeondefaultinstalled

blocksoradditionalblocks.Thereisnoindicatorwhichiswhich.Allthenoninstalledblocksaredisplayedonthe

rightsideofthepageandcanbeinstalledbypressingontheirnames.

Openinganinstalledblockwillgivethepossibilitytoremovetheblockfromtheinstallation,whenthisisnolonger

usedonthewebsite.Itcanalsoberefreshedwhichwillupdatealltheinformationandtablesabouttheblockto

theinformationfoundintheblocksinstallationdirectory.

SITEWIDE SETTINGS Theseglobalwebsitesettingswillapplytotheentirewebsite.OntheSitewidesettingspageanditstabsthese

settingscanbefound:

Globalo Websitename

Nameofthewebsiteasitappearsinthetitlebarofthebrowserandinsearchresults.o Editorpreferences

Displaybreadcrumbnavigationbar. Showsabreadcrumbfromtheeditbarwhenyoumouseoverit.Itshowsyou

currentlocationonthewebsite.

Userdependedsetting.o Trackingcode

Optiontoaddacodetotheendofeachpagewhichcanbeusedtoloadamoreadvancedtrackingprogram.

o Linking EnablePrettyURLs

AutomaticallytranslatesyourpathbasedConcrete5URLssothattheydon'tinclude'index.php'.

o Marketplaceintegration


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Optiontoshowpluginsfromthemarketplacewhenusersaddblocksorchangethemes.Theycanbeinstalledfromthedashboardwhentheyaredownloadedfromthe

marketplaceanduploadedtotheinstallation.

o Contenttoolbars Choosethelevelofadvancednessforthecontentblock.Themoreadvancedoptionyou

selectthemoreoptionsuserswillgetinthecontentblockWYSIWYGeditor.

Thereisalsoanoptiontoaddacustomcode.Youwillbeabletodetermineyourselfwhichoptionsareavailableandwhicharenot.

o Uploadbookmarkicon Uploadaniconwhichwillbeusedinthebookmarksoftheusersbrowserandwill

appearintheaddressbarofthebrowser.

Accesso Sitepermissions

Thisoptionisunavailablebecausethereischosenfortheadvancedpermissionsmodel. Hereitispossibletosetforeachusergroupiftheyareabletoeditpages.Thissetting

willapplytoallpagesonthewebsite.

o Maintenancemode PutthewebsiteinMaintenancemode.Withthisthewebsitewillbeclosedofffor

nonAdministrators.Usersthatwillvisitthewebsitewillgetthemessagethatthepage

isclosedformaintenance.

o IPblacklist AddanIPaddressoranIPaddressseriestothelistofbannedIPaddresses.Peoplewith

computersthatmatchthoseIPaddresseswillnolongerbeabletoaccesstheConcrete5

drivenpartofyourwebsite.

Youcanalsouseasmartfilterthatwillblockauserafteracertainamountoffailedloginattemptsinacertainamountoftime.

Debugo DebugLevel

HereyoucanchoosetoputthewebsiteinProductionorDevelopmentmode.WhenproductionmodeisactivenoPHPerrorswillbedisplayed,whileinthedevelopment

modethisisdisplayed.


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o Logging Tokeeptrackofwhatsgoingon,onthewebsiteyoucanenablelogging.

LogApplicationExceptionso WhenConcrete5hasfoundsomethingitdidntexpecteditcanmake

anexceptionandwhenthishappensitwilllogthisexceptiontobe

abletoinformtheadministrators.Theselogscanbeusedtotrack

downaproblem.

LogDatabaseActivityo Savesallqueriesexecutedonthewebsite.Canbeusedtotrackdown

anyissuesthatmighthavearisen.

LogEmailsSento Savesallemailsthatarebeingsentfromthewebsitetothedatabase.

Theycanbereviewedlater.

Whenalllogsaresavedthedatabasecanbecomefullandslower,youdontwantthis.Thatiswhyitsrecommendedtocleantheselogsfromtimetotime

whentheyareenabled.

o Caching Deletecache

Tomaketheloadingofthewebsitefastersomepartsofthewebsitearecachedsothattheycanbeloadedfasternexttimeauservisitsthepage.Sometimes

thecachecanbeoutdatedanditwillbeneededtodeletethecurrentache.

Nexttimeapageloadstheloadingwilltakelongerthanwithanalreadycached

page.

SCRAPBOOK ThescrapbookisatypeofclipboardforConcrete5.Thisscrapbookallowsyouto

copyblockseasilyfromonepagetoanother,whichiseasierthanrecreatingthe

blockonanotherpage.

Open

a

page

in

edit

mode

and

click

on

a

block

(left

mouse

button)

and

click

on

Copy

toscrapbook.Aconfirmationmessagewillappear.

ToplacethisblockonanotherpageyouwillhavetoopenthatoneineditmodeandclickontheAddto[area]

link.OpentheAddfromScrapbooktabandselecttheblockyouwanttoadd.Theblockwillnowbecopiedtothe

selectedareaonthepage.Theblockwillremainaddedtothescrapbook.


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IntheDashboardthereisascrapbookpagepresent.Onthispageyoucanseeyourscrapbookandalltheblocks

thatareaddedtoit.Youcanalsoremoveblocksfromyourscrapbookfromthere.

GLOBALSCRAPBOOK

Theglobalscrapbookisalsoavailable.ThispageisatabontheScrapbookpage.

Theglobalscrapbookallowsyoutoaddblocks,rename,deleteandeditthem.Blocksthatareusedalotcanbe

addedhere.

Therealadvantageoftheglobalscrapbookliesinthatyoucanonlyedittheblockfromthedashboardintheglobal

scrapbookpage.Thisblockispageindependentandwhenachangeismadeitschangedthroughoutthesite

wheretheblockisused.

Editingablockfromtheglobalscrapbookisnotpossiblefromthepagewhereitsaddedonlyfromthedashboard

itself.

PERMISSIONS EXTRAINFORMATION (DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADMINISTRATORS)

Thefirstuseraccount,theRootAdministrator/SuperUser/admin,candoeverythingatanytimeinthesystem.This

accountisnotboundtothepermissionsthatareset.Usersinthesameusergroup(Administratorsforexample)do

nothavethesamepermissionsasthesuperuser.Thismeansthatyouhavetocreateanewusergroup

(Administrators)andallowthisgrouptodoeverything.

Becausetherearestillsomeminordifferenceseventhenitsrecommendedthatthedailyadministratorofthe

websiteusesthesuperuseraccount.

PAGEPERMISSIES

REACHABLETHROUGH:

Sitemap >selectapage >Setpermissions

Or

Visitapage >Editmode >Setpermissions

DESCRIPTION

Permissionsaresettoavailableusergroups.Ondefaultanewusergrouphasaccesstonothingandhasthesame

rightsastheGuestsgroup.

Optionsinthesetpermissionspopup


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Permissionsworkperpageandtheyarealsosettoevery

pagethatisaddedbeneathit(inheriting).Whena

subpagegetsotherpermissionssettoitallthepagesthat

arebeneaththatpagewillgetthesamepermissionmodel

whenthisisselectedwiththeoption:Subpagesadded

beneath

this

page

inherit

permissions

of

this

page.

Warning!:Permissionscanbesetforsubpagesandthentheywillnolongerinheritthepermissionmodelfrom

theirparentpages.Anewtreewithanotherpermissionmodelwillstarthere.TorevertthissettheByAreaofSite

(Hierarchy)optiontothepagepermissionmodel.

SET PERMISSIONS (POPUPBOX)

Pagepermissionso Read

Readingapage.o Versions

Manageversionsofthepage.o Write

Editpagesandblocks.o Approve

Publishpages.o Delete

Deletepagesandsubpages.o Admin

Allrightsforeditingapage. Alltheabove. Changedesignsofapage. Changepermissionsofapage.

Subpagepermissions


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o Youcansetforeveryusergroupherewhichdesigns/pagetypestheycanusewhencreatinganewpage.

o Whennothingisaddedhereuserswontbeabletoaddpages.

Timedreleasedsettingso Setthetimewhenausergroupisabletoseethispage.


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BLOCKPERMISSIONS

REACHABLETHROUGH:

Sitemap >selectapage >visitpage >Editmode >Addnewblock >Permissions

Or

Visitapage >Editmode >Addnewblock >Permissions

DESCRIPTION

Thesamedescriptionhereappliesasforthepagepermissions,butalsothefollowing:

Foreverypagemultipleareascanbeavailable(like:main,header,sidebar).Everyareacanhaveotherpermissions

foreverypage.Thisgivesyoumorefreedominsettingpermissions,butisalsomoredifficulttomaintain.

PERMISSIONS (TAB)

Hereyoucansetwhichblocksareusersabletousewhileeditingpages.


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InheritingapplieshereagainandWARNING!Thisismoredifficulttocontrol.Allsubpageswillgetthesamepermissionmodelastheirparentpageandthenonlygetasmallmessage(inred)abouttheversionpermissionmodelitinherits.OpenapageineditmodeandclickontheAddto[area]link.Anewwindowwillappearandwillcontainthe

Permissionstab.Inthistabyoucansetforeverygroupwhichblockstheycanadd,editanddelete..

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