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=head1 How do I use this CMS?

CMS means Content Management System.

If you're starting with an empty database, the program will default to
the [New Site] tab.

If you have designs on file, the program will default to the [Edit Site] tab,
where you use the search engine to find a site, design or page to work on.

But first, a note on deleting things.

=head1 Deletion of Sites/Designs/Pages

Each delete button displays a Javascript warning, so you can cancel the delete
before any message is sent to the server.

Deletes cascade, which means deleting a site I<automatically> deletes all designs
and pages (and their content!) which belong to that site.

In the same way, deleting a design I<automatically> deletes all pages (and their content!)
which belong to that design.

So, proceed with caution.

=head1 Duplication of Data

There are various buttons allowing you the duplicate sites, designs and pages.

Clicking on [Duplicate site] will use the new name you entered to copy all designs
and pages, and their content, from the current site to the new site.

Clicking on [Duplicate design] will use the new name you entered to copy the current
design's pages and their content to a new design within the current site.

=head2 1: Create a new Site and a new Design

Start by creating a new site. Each site's name must be unique.

You can have any number of sites, and a single site can have any number of designs.

Each design's name must be unique, for a given site.

=head2 2: Build the Site via it's menu

Use the [Edit Site] tab to search for a design you've saved.

Select a site and click the [Edit pages] button. On the [Edit Pages] tab, you'll
create the menu of how this design's pages link together.

So, each design must have a menu.

This menu will allow the user of your web site to navigate around the pages.

This program's design is completely based on the assumption
that every web site has a menu of some sort, which link's the site's pages.

Each item on this menu will be a clickable link to a page
whose content you design. You also choose the template to be used for each page,
when the time comes to output the design as a set of web pages.

The program displays the menu you design as a tree, at the bottom of the [Edit Pages] tab.
The tree displayed is called the Site map, and you can click on it while designing, to
move from page to page.

From here, you move to the [Edit Content] tab, to input the content per page.

When the program finally outputs (generates) your design as
a set of web pages, the content is poured into the templates like wine into a glass.

The menu can be displayed on any output page as either a vertical menu (a tree),
a horizontal menu, both or neither.

=head2 3: Edit the Design's content

Use the 2 textareas on the Edit Content tab to add content
to each menu item's page, so that when a visitor to your site clicks on a menu item,
they see the content you have designed for that page.