ZANACMS Help

This is the short user help for ZANACMS. It is the right place to start when you are working in the admin area or setting up a website for the first time.

For the full technical documentation, start with the Guide overview.

Admin tools

  • Admin dashboard — site status, current mode and installed version.
  • Device management — activate a browser or device for admin access.
  • Settings — set the design, page tree, maintenance mode and global sidebar when available.
  • Navigation — edit the website menu.
  • @ Pages — edit pages in MD mode or Rich mode.
  • Media — upload images and copy ready-to-use image code.
  • Backup/Update — create backups (run updates).

Website setup

  • Installation — download, upload, choose a mode and register the admin browser.
  • Modes — choose PHP mode, MD mode or Rich mode.
  • Configuration — create and edit /__config/conf.php.
  • Links — add internal and external links.
  • Footer — add footer links and translated footer text.
  • Images and media — use uploaded images in pages.
  • Page variables — insert prepared values into MD or Rich pages.
  • Design and CSS — adjust the site design safely.
  • Editor — edit MD and Rich page content.

Help

  • Troubleshooting — solve common access, page, link, navigation, design and update problems.
  • Glossary — short explanations of recurring ZANACMS terms.

Detailed documentation


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ZANACMS – Lightweight PHP CMS, no database, multilingual.