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.
The main editing window on the right displays your personal dashboard – any workflows or messages waiting, common tasks available, locked assets, and a list of recently visited assets.
Try clicking the small red tab on the left, and the asset tree will be revealed on the left.
The asset tree is where your site is managed. In fact, each folder represents a different site that can be managed independently of the others with different levels of user access all from within one interface. You can collapse the asset tree by clicking on the grey tab between the two sections.
Opening a Page
We have an example site created within the system. In order to browse the site, simply click on the intranet folder on the left side to expand the folder tree. Once the folder expands, the sub-folders and page assets are displayed in the same directory structure that exists when published. Choosing a page in the folder such as default will bring up a preview of the web page in the main system window, just as it would appear online.
Notice that there is no Edit tab because we aren’t allowed to change this page. Now, we want to go to a page we are allowed to change. For one such page in the system, click on the folder news on the left side followed by the page content.