Manual: Content Manager Help

The content manager script allows site owners the ability to edit text and insert/manage photos within their websites pages.  Below is some simple steps to help you getting started quickly implementing the content manager script into your website.

Overview

The content manager script module allows web designers to insert an SSI tag into a specific webpage in order to allow site editors/managers to edit text using a word style editor.  The site owner can then modify the text on any page specified without requiring help from a web designer.

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Adding new pages

There are two steps to add new pages to be recognized by the content manager script.

Step 1:  Telling the content manager script to recognize the new page:

  1. Login to your master admin at www.<yourdomain>.com/cgi-bin/master/Admin.cgi

  2. Go to "Content Manager" and click on the "Add New Tag Page"

  3. Enter the "Page Title" which is what the site owner would see in the editor such as "About Us", "Contact Us", etc.

  4. Enter the page url.  This is the actual page name and location that you would see in your browser.  The page name must end in .shtml as SSI is required.

  5. Click on the "Edit" button which will show you the SSI tag for that page.  (You'll need this for Step 2 below)

Step 2:  Preparing the actual web page that will be edited:

  1. Create a web page using your html editor and save it with a .shtml extension.

  2. Enter the SSI tag wherever you want the text to be inserted

  3. Save it and move it to your server.

You're done!  Within the master admin, you can now start entering text on your web page!

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Removing buttons to avoid potential problems

If you are a webmaster and you don't want your client to accidentally add or remove pages that you've setup, you can actually remove those buttons. 

Steps:

  1. Login to your master admin at www.<yourdomain>.com/cgi-bin/master/Admin.cgi

  2. Go to "Content Manager" and click on "Configuration"

  3. Change the "Show add button" & "Show delete button" to NO

  4. Taking security a step further if needed, you will more than likely want to remove the configuration options with the template located at
    /cgi-bin/content-mgr/cgitpl/admin_config.txt

  5. If you do #4 above, you can still easily add new pages your server by temporarily giving yourself access to do so by changing the variables in the following config file
    cgi-bin/master/cm-user-config.txt
    Just don't forget to change the variables back to "No" when you're done.

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Customizing help files

If you want to provide your members with a more extensive or "modified" version of help files you can. 

Step:

  1. Using your html editor on your pc, modify the following template:
    help-scripts/help-content-mgr.htm  (master admin help file)

  2. Simply save the file with your new design and move it over to the server.

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