Getting Started

Logging In

To log in to your WibWabWeb Administration Panel, click on the “Member Login” link at the top of this page. You should see a page that looks like this:

WibWabWeb Login Screen

Login Screen for WibWabWeb

You’ll probably want to bookmark this page so you don’t need to go to the WibWabWeb website to login. Use the “Bookmarks” or “Favorites” option in your browser to save it, or click the “bookmark it” link on the login page.

When you signed up for WibWabWeb, you should have received a username and password. To log in, enter your username and password and click the “Log In” button. You can also tick the “Remember Me” checkbox to stay logged in on your computer. (Don’t use the “Remember Me” option if you are using a public computer.)

Have you forgotten your password? Click the “Lost your password?” link, and enter your username or email address. A new password will be emailed to you.

Upon successful login, you will be taken to a message screen like this:

Successful login message

Successful login message.

From here you can choose to visit the Dashboard (we call this the “back end” of your site) or view site (we call this the “front end” of your site). Click the Visit Dashboard link to view the administration area of your site.

The WibWabWeb Administration Panel

Admin Panel

The Administration Panel allows you to manage your WibWabWeb account and website. Each Administration Panel is presented in sections: the header, the main navigation, the work area, and the footer.

The top portion of all screens, the admin menu bar, is featured in dark shading. The admin menu bar has some menus that can help you perform common tasks for your site. The first menu option is “My Sites.” If you have multiple WibWabWeb sites. The next menu should reflect the name of your website. When your mouse is over that you should get a drop-down menu that allows you to “visit site.” Click this to view the front end of your site. The “New” menu option allows you to quickly add media, page or user to your site. On the far right of the admin menu bar you will find the User Admin menu. It should read “Hello, username.” This menu allows you to update your user profile or log out.

On the left side of the screen is the main navigation menu detailing each of the administrative functions you can perform. Within each major function, such as Pages, a pull-down arrow is presented upon hovering the mouse over the title area. A click of that arrow expands the menu to display each of the sub-menu choices. Clicking that arrow again collapses the sub-menu.

The large area in the middle of the screen is the work area. It is here the specific information relating to a the particular navigation choice, such as adding a new page, is presented and collected.

Finally, in the footer, at the bottom of each screen in dark shading, are links to the ArrowQuick website and WibWabWeb Terms of Service. In addition, the version of WibWabWeb you are using is shown.

Dashboard

The Dashboard provides a centralized place for information about your site and tells you about recent activity.

The Right Now sub-panel displays information about your site at a glance — how many pages, which theme is used, and how much space is used.

The Next Steps sub-panel provides hints on what is needed to get your site up and running. Click on the links to go directly to that screen.


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