Overview

Adminstration of a designlink site involves the creation of Projects, Updates, Content and maintaining users, groups and company information.

Administration Mode

The administration is done in the same view as you normally use designlink. The administration mode can be toggled on and off using the [+/-] button in the top right of the screen. Note: if you cannot see the button you are not an administrator.

Once Administration mode is activated you will see buttons which allow you add, edit and delte items, and gain access to groups and account information.

All the green buttons will add an item and are positioned above the item they relate to. For example to add a new company use the green “Add Company” button, fill out the form, save and confirm. This will add a company to the list of companies.

The Edit and Delete buttons are positioned on the same row as the item they relate to, so to edit the current company click the edit button to the right of the “Projects for <company Name>” text. Note: If you only have 1 company set up you will not see a pulldown list to navigate to another company. The delete button can be very destructive and you will be warned when using it, for example if you choose to delete a company it will delete all the projects contained within that company. Once something is deleted it CAN NOT BE UNDONE! so use with caution.

The blue buttons will give you access to other information. If you click the “Users” button on the row of the current comapany it will show you the users who belong to the current company, you can then add, edit and delete users. Likewise the “Groups” button allows you to administer groups, and the “Accounts” button lets you view account information.

To get information on adminstering specific areas refer to the topics on the right.