Admin

Below is what the Admin panel looks like. The left menu allows you to switch between your spaces (which could be different websites). In this example, we are inside the root component (type Folder) of space “Monkeys”. Components are the core of Chautec CMS which is what you will be primarily dealing with.

All components regardless of type have the basic settings you see in the folder component above.

• Name - Optional
• Key - Must be unique across the space it is in. The key “root” is reserved for each space's top most component.
• Date - Defaults to the time of creation. This field is useful when sorting by date (e.g. blog).
• Published - Components that are not published will not be retrievable by public users.
• Visible - An indication to apps/sites whether this component should be rendered.
• Tags - Useful for searching components by a certain tag.

The panel provides users with different options and editors depending on the component type.

Below is an example of a block component wich provides a rich text editor to author content.
 

There are also extra options (e.g. Frame Color) which set Bootstrap styling properties into the component's metadata. Websites using Site are programmed to make use of these attributes. Optionally, users with CSS knowledge are able to then override their own styles for these frame styles.