Silverstripe Guide

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

SilverStripe Quick Reference Guide
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First Published 2007
Version1.1 – Feb 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................1
LAUNCHING AND LOGGING IN TO SILVERSTRIPE CMS ............................................................................................2
ELEMENTS OF THE SCREEN..........................................................................................................................................3
T HE S ILVERSTRIPE C MS SECTIONS...........................................................................................................................4
NAVIGATING THE S ITE MAP.......................................................................................................................................5
W ORKING WITH THE PANES ........................................................................................................................................7
VIEWS W ITHIN SILVERSTRIPE CMS ........................................................................................................................10
ACCESSINGHELP.........................................................................................................................................................11
CHAPTER 2: THE CONTENT EDITOR.........................................................................................................................12
WORKING WITH PAGES................................................................................................................................13
T HE S ITE CONTENT W INDOW ..................................................................................................................................14
FINDING A PAGE ........................................................................................................................................................16ADDING A HEADING ..................................................................................................................................................18
ADDING CONTENT .....................................................................................................................................................20
CREATINGPARAGRAPHS............................................................................................................................................21
USING THE T OOLBAR .................................................................................................................................................24
COPYING CONTENT FROM MS W ORD......................................................................................................................27
EDITING T ABLES ........................................................................................................................................................31
ADDING HYPERLINKS.................................................................................................................................................35
REMOVING...