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Applies to version 1.0.xx
After installation, you gain access to your Administrator panel via the following address:
http://www.yoursite.com/administrator
Use the Login and password you nominated at installation time. If you accepted a very cryptic one from the Joomla! Installer, now's the time to go to:
site>users and change it to something you can remember but which is still secure (choose the "super administrator user")
Ok, now let's have a look around:
- Along the top are a number of pull-down menus
- On the top right is the number of waiting messages, the number of logged in users and a logout button.
- In the middle of the screen are a number of large buttons which make going to a function faster than the top pull-down menus
- On the right is another tabbed group of quicker access links.
If you are totally new to Joomla! now's the time to go through each menu option one-by-one so you start to get familiar where everything is. Here's a few comments about those menus and a few things you can do right now (Please see the "How to..." category for detailed explanations)
- Home takes you to the administrator front page, not your front end Joomla! site
- If you find that your administrator session is timing out too quickly for you (you have to login again), then go site>global configuration>server (tab), make "Admin Session Lifetime" a slightly longer time.
- In your travels, you could take this opportunity to unpublish any sample content.
- Apart from the last two points, I would suggest that you do not! delete anything, or
change any settings at this time. On many screens you can just choose
"cancel" after you've taken a look.
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