Vivvo 4.0 Administrative Area
After you have successfully logged in into your administrative area, at a top of a screen you will be able see the main administrative panel, which contains links to all CMS interfaces.
- Home - Takes you back to your administrative panel home page
- Categories - Category management section
- Articles - Article management section
- Pages - Static pages management section
- Comments - Comment management section
- Users - User and user privileges section
- Plugins - Plug-in Modules section
- Templates - Templates and Style Sheets management section
Depending on the role you have been allocated (Administrator, Editor, Trusted writer or Writer) you may use some or all of the functions in the administrative panel.
Right above the main administrative panel the secondary administrative panel is situated. It contains links to preferences, maintenance and other important Vivvo functions.
- View live site - New Vivvo feature, Live Site mode allows you to take instant preview of the web site as if it were actually in a production environment, where everyone using the Internet would see exactly what you see. If you are in Live Site mode you can easily switch to site Administration mode, allowing you to make changes to those postings you have access rights to.
- Preferences - Takes you to detailed Website Preferences management section
- Maintenance - Website maintenance section (Database management section)
The secondary administrative panel also contains your login information and Logout button that finishes your administrative session
Please pay attention to the left side of a screen.
Here is a Quick launch menu, which contains quick links to most commonly used Vivvo functions such as: add new page, add new article, review pending articles and comments waiting for your approval.
Below the Quick launch options you may find some useful Vivvo support links.
Content section of your Administrative panel home page belongs to Vivvo Dashboard.
Vivvo Dashboard is divided in few separate sections that are filled with information of significance for site administration and maintenance such as:
- Product Information - Here you may find info about your current Vivvo CMS software version and the latest stable version available for download.
- Important Updates - Brief info about most important changes that newest Vivvo version brings
- Latest News Section - In the News section, you may read newest information about Vivvo security patches, available upgrades, etc.
- Website and System Statistics - A feature which allows you to view 'on the fly' recent statistics regarding the visitors to your website and used resources. It contains information about number of visits, number of article views, number of comments posted for the day and a short website summary.
- Broadcasts Messages from Admin - In this text field you (as an Administrator) can enter a message to broadcast to all Vivvo staff. The message will appear when they log in to the administrative area.
If you would like to have detailed website statistics, we recommend using a professional analytics software, such as Google Analytics, AwStats, Funnel Web Analyzer or similar.
