Logging in and getting around your site

Here is some information about how to get into and around your site in Drupal Gardens.

Logging in to your site

To log in, click the Log in or Sign up link.

By default, the Login page is visible to all visitors, even those who are not registered and logged in to your site ("anonymous" visitors).

How to log in if the "Log in" or "Sign up" links are missing

If you don't see the User login block that contains the "Log in" or "Sign up" links, complete the following steps:

1. Go to the /user URL, for example, http://example.com/user, substituting the URL of your site for "http://example.com".
2. If you are not logged in to Drupal Gardens, you will see one or more Log in or Sign up links that will take you to the site login page.
3. If you are already logged in, this URL will take you to your user profile page.

Understanding the interface

Administration menu

The administration menu provides access to all the top-level administrative areas of your website.

1. Go to the front page of your website.
2. Customize the site management page.
3. Browse, list, add and filter content, comments and media.
4. Manage the structure of your website, including blocks, menus, contact page, and content types.
5. Open the Drupal Gardens ThemeBuilder; a tool for customizing the look of your site.
6. List, filter and manage user accounts, as well as block and unblock users, add and remove user roles, and cancel user accounts.
7. Enable or disable functionality on your site.
8. Configure system, user, format, date and many more site settings.
9. View information on your site's status, visitors, page visits, search statistics, activity logs, and more.
10. Refer to the links to the Drupal Gardens help area, which include tutorial videos, help pages, community forums, and more.
11. See a list of all your Drupal Gardens sites, export them, control how custom domain names map to your sites, and create new sites.
12. Go to your user profile page.
13. Log in and out of your Drupal Gardens site.
14. Expand or collapse the customizable shortcuts menu.

Administrative overlay

By default, clicking any administrative link will open the Drupal 7 administrative overlay. This is a panel that displays your site's administrative interface, and floats above the page that you are on. Make changes to configuration and content, save your change, and then close the overlay by clicking the "X" on the top right corner.

How to disable the administrative overlay

If you prefer the administrative back-end of your Drupal Gardens website to appear as normal pages, rather than the administrative overlay, you have two options to disable the overlay: turn it off or make it available only to users with specific user roles.

To turn off the administrative overlay for all users

1. Go to Configuration > Administration theme and overlay.
2. Deselect the Use the overlay for administration pages check box.
3. Click Save configuration.

To turn off the overlay for specific user roles

If different groups of users on your site have different preferences about using the administrative overlay, you can set role-based permissions on the Permissions tab at People > Permissions, giving some roles the Access the administrative overlay permission and removing it for others.

In the following example, the administrator does not like using the overlay, but content authors and bloggers love it.

Notes:

• The Site maintainer will always see the administrative overlay unless it is turned off as shown above.
• Anonymous and authenticated users should never be given access to the overlay or any administrative functionality.

About the shortcut bar

In Drupal Gardens, you can make your own, personal navigation bar with links to the pages you need to visit most!

Add a shortcut - Any page with a small "+" plus sign next to the page title can be added to the shortcut bar:

Remove a shortcut - Any page already in the shortcut bar can be removed by clicking the "-" minus sign next to the page title:

Edit or delete shortcuts, add custom shortcuts

• Edit or remove shortcuts - Go to Configuration > Shortcuts, then click the "edit shortcuts" link at the top right corner of the page (or click "Edit shortcuts" on the shortcut bar itself) to edit the current shortcut set. On the "Customize shortcuts" page you can add, remove and modify shortcuts from the currently used shortcut set.
• Custom shortcuts - Click "Add shortcut" on the Customize shortcuts page to add completely customized shortcuts to any URL on your site.
• Custom shortcut sets - Add and configure shortcut sets adapted to the needs of different tasks and user roles. Click the "New set" radio button, enter a name for the set and click "Save configuration".
  • Edit custom shortcut set - Any shortcut set selected on the shortcuts page can then be edited by clicking the "Edit shortcut" as above.
  • Switch between shortcut sets - Any user with the "Select own shortcut set" permission can choose between available sets.