Cascade Administration
Learn how to administer Cascade CMS and keep it running at its best. Topics featured here include permissions, connectors, system settings, and more.
Administration Tools
These tools allow system administrators to send messages to active users, view log files, and configure logging (for troubleshooting purposes).
Authentication
Cascade CMS can authenticate users natively, through an external LDAP server, or via custom authentication.
Connectors and Integrations
Connectors and integrations allow you to utilize third-party applications and tools within Cascade CMS.
Database
This section contains general articles related to database maintenance along with vendor-specific steps for setting up the Cascade CMS database/schema.
Database Tools
These tools allow system administrators to optimize, repair, and export the CMS database.
- Recycle Bin Checker
- Path Repair Tool
- Database Export
- ...and more
Installation & Upgrades
This section provides information on installing and upgrading Cascade CMS for on-premise environments.
Permissions
Permissions in Cascade CMS consist of roles, which govern a user's abilities and access to sites or the administration area, and access rights, which allow users to view or edit assets.
- Access Rights
- Roles
- Role Abilities
- ...and more
Sites
Sites are containers for organizing all content and administrative assets and properties for a website in Cascade CMS.
System Configuration
This section contains a number of pages related to configuring the application server itself along with the firewall.
Administration Menus
The system menu is the focal point for administrator-oriented tasks in Cascade CMS. It's accessible by clicking the system menu button in the upper right-hand corner of the interface.
Audits
Audits allow administrators to see a summary of activities performed in Cascade CMS by a particular User, Group, or Role or on a particular asset.
External Link Checking Preferences
External Link Checking preferences allow administrators to configure system-wide external link checking behavior and functionality.
System Dictionary
The system dictionary is a centrally-managed collection of words that is used when performing spelling content checks or when using the spellcheck feature in the WYSIWYG.
System Preferences
System preferences allow administrators to configure system-wide properties such as email, link checking, and content settings.