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Home Dashboard

Description

The Home Dashboard consists of configurable panels providing access to many Joomla functions and features.

How to access

The Home Dashboard is the default backend login destination. From any other location:

  • Select Home Dashboard from the Administrator menu.

Screenshot

home dashboard

Modules

The sub-panels that make up the Home Dashboard illustrated above are Administrator modules. Each can be unpublished via its configuration icon or published via the list of administrator modules.

More modules can be added to suit the Administrator's purposes.

Examples

Site panel

The left part of each icon links to the list of items. The right part, the Plus symbol, links to the form to create a new item.

  • Users Create/delete users, change passwords, modify language and time preferences, and switch which WYSIWYG editor the user has access too. You can also assign users to User Groups, limiting to which aspects of the site they have access.
  • Articles Manage all of your current articles.
  • Article Categories Create new categories, and publish/unpublish existing ones.
  • Media Manage files on your web server. You can delete existing files or upload different ones from your hard drive. You can also create new directories on your web server's file system.
  • Modules Control the location and function of modules that are installed on the site.
  • Plugins Enable and disable plugins, edit a plugin's details and options.

System panel

  • Global Checkin Check-in of all currently pending or locked items.
  • Cache Deletes all Cache files from the cache folders, including current ones, from your web server.
  • Global Configuration The global configuration has parameters that, when adjusted, will effect your entire Joomla site. This makes the Global Configuration perhaps one of the most important areas in your Joomla Backend. Here you can change many options including, but certainly not limited to: Time Zone, Language, Server Configurations, Session settings, and Meta Data.

Tips

Access from other pages: select the Joomla Logo.