A sidebar admin menu and a dashboard is available to Berkeley Web Builder user accounts when logged in to their site with a user role. The sidebar menu will remain available as you move through all sections and pages on your site, and can be minimized as needed. The dashboard contains various sections for completing tasks on your site, such as adding and managing content, using categories, managing menus, accessing site settings, and more. The dashboard also includes an option to review user accounts and for Site Managers to modify user roles.
Sidebar menu
The vertical sidebar menu provides in-page navigation and view of the available options and tools to users with the Site Manager, Site Builder, Editor, Contributor, or Member roles on a Berkeley Web Builder site. The menu has 3 areas: a top section with an option to minimize the sidebar, a middle section with various site tasks and options, and a bottom section with user information as well as logout and help links. See Figure 1, below.
The middle section of the sidebar mirrors the structure of the user dashboard pages, which include a wide range of options (for example, adding and managing content, using categories, managing menus, accessing site settings, and more) depending on your user account's role. See the "Dashboard" section below for more information.
User dashboard
The user dashboard contains several sub-sections and individual pages for performing tasks and finding options on a Berkeley Web Builder site. The Site Manager and Site Builder roles will see the most options available and the Editor, Contributor, and Member roles will see fewer options.
The sections on the dashboard are as follows:
- Content: create and manage pages, create and manage categories for content types, review site widgets
- Files: Upload, find, manage, and edit files and media (images, attachments such as PDFs and Word documents, YouTube and Vimeo videos
- Menus: Manage and arrange menu items (main, secondary, and footer menus)
- Site administration: Review user accounts, modify user accounts (Site Manager only), access site settings, perform site maintenance (e.g. flush site caches), review platform features and access feature settings
See Figure 2, below, for an example of a top-level dashboard page.
Site Manager role
All Berkeley Web Builder sites will have 1-2 Site Managers (see the Site Manager page for all Site Manager responsibilities), and the Site Manager information will be displayed on section pages on the dashboard. Contact your Site Manager(s) with the following:
- Adding new users
- Changing user roles
- Adding/finding additional features
See Figure 3, below, for an example of where to find Site Manager information.
