Getting Started
The Dashboard
Our first step is to introduce the interface for Cascade Server. The image below shows the interface that you see first upon logging into the system. You can get back here at any time simply by clicking Home in the upper left corner.
This main window displays your personal dashboard – any workflows or messages waiting, new content wizards, locked assets, and a list of recently visited items.
The Dashboard also shows your Starting Page. The starting page will typically show a list of assets that are available for you to edit. Your administrator is responsible for assigning your starting page, and, depending on how you use the system, you may not have the same starting page as another user.
In the section entitled My New Content Wizards, you will find a list of pages or assets that you can quickly create from scratch. Because these content wizards are a quick way to manufacture content, they are also known as Asset Factories within the system. You can access the same Content Wizards, or Asset Factories, by selecting New on the top menu bar. We’ll come back to this later when we want to create a new press release.
On your Dashboard, you’ll also see sections for Workflows, Messages, Locks, Drafts, and History. Messages, Workflows, Locks, and Drafts are available as tabs as well. Clicking on one of these Dashboard Tabs will enable you to view a more comprehensive listing of each category. We’ll talk more about each of these areas as we continue through the product.
Now looking to the left, you’ll see a red arrow that allows you to view the Asset Tree in the left pane. This area shows the folder structure for your site. You can expand or collapse the asset tree by clicking on the small grey tab between the two sections.
