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General: OverviewCMS architecture

Installation: InstallationDataBase configuration

Menu: Menu

Modules: Modules

AuthorizationForms: Authorization forms

Site templates: Site templatesDefault page template

Site configuration: Site configuration

Site structure: Site structure

Controls: ControlsControls

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Modules

Each menu item of the site tree belongs to some module type. Menu item content is shown in a design pattern of a module, which the menu item belongs to.

 

For working of Mailing and Forum modules it is necessary to set up authorization forms.
 

Basic module types

Page - page with the text. This module allows you to insert scalable images scalable images in it.

News - news list, which contain plain text and possibly a link.

PageList - pages tape (with the text and scalable images). This module allows you to show the page annotation in a list. When clicking on it the full text of the page appears.

Event - the module allows you to organize displaying of action list with an opportunity of automatically moving old actions to archive. 

GuestBook - guest book with possibility to answer on  a guest messages.

MailForm - mail form. It allows you to organize easily mail forms of any kind on your site.

Link - a hyper link. When clicking a menu item of a Link type, the user goes to the certain URL.

Mirror menu item - the module allows you, when clicking on a menu item, to pass on to another one predetermined menu item.

Simple shop - the module shows a categorized list of items with an opportunity of choosing them and sending an order form by e-mail.

Poll - polls on the site.

 

Advanced modules

Catalog - the module allows you to organize a catalogue, which items can belong to different category.

Page top - the module allows collecting pages from several pages tapes into one list.

News top - the module allows collecting news from several news tapes into one list.

Mailing - the module allows you to organize personalized (turned to the specific user) mailings from the site.

Forum - the module allows you to organize a site forum.

Remote content - the module can download any content from internet and displays it on the site page

Custom module - the module allows you to add custom code to CMS, developing thus a customizable site.

 

Modules for working with several sites in one database

Multi site page top - the module allows collecting pages from several pages lists into one list.

Multi site news top - the module allows collecting news from several news lists into one list.

Multi site page - the module allows you to display a page (a menu item of a Page type) from any site of the current database. 

 

Other modules of the CMS system

Site map - the module displays a site map.

Search - the module allows you to display a list with a site search results. 

General: OverviewCMS architecture

Installation: InstallationDataBase configuration

Menu: Menu

Modules: Modules

AuthorizationForms: Authorization forms

Site templates: Site templatesDefault page template

Site configuration: Site configuration

Site structure: Site structure

Controls: ControlsControls

 

 


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