====== Usage ====== Okay, before we start, you should really read following text to understand how Instant Update works. IU is very specific CMS (like no other available on the internet) thus someone might have problems understanding how it works. We assume that you have [[:install|installed]] Instant Update successfully and that your website is properly [[install:converting|converted]] to Instant Update format. ^ :!: Note ^ | There is a video tutorial available on this topic. You can view it [[http://www.instant-update.com/videos/iu3-usage/|here]], if you want. | ===== Files and pages ===== A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_file|file]] represents physical (.php) file on hard disk or on web site which contains any information. A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page|web page]] (or just //page//) is resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser. This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format, and may provide navigation to other web pages via [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink|hyper links]]. Usually there is one file for each page and this is how Instant Update works by default. However, for easier administration and control of web site, you can use **one file** for all (or just several) pages on your website. This is done by making a [[usage:dynamic_pages|dynamic page]] from within [[usage:code_editor|code editor]]. ===== Content ===== **Content** (also: //piece of content//, //chunk//, //chunk of data//) is piece of content, probably filled with HTML or XHTML code (which represents text and images on your web site) which is placed inside of a [[#files_and_pages|file]] on your web site (using [[usage:code_editor|code editor]]). File and content together form a web page. Content is edited with [[usage:wysiwyg_editor|WYSIWYG editor]] independently of files on your web site. This way we are actually splitting useful (text, images) and useless content (HTML code which forms page design)((actually, HTML code is not useless to your web browser, but to you it usually is)) apart. Each web page (not file) should have it's own content, so people usually think that content is same as web page. No, it is not: Content, in most cases, holds page contents inside, but you can hold anything inside. For example, you can hold copyright information and place it in web site footer (yes, with [[usage:code_editor|code editor]]), contact information and place it in your web site's sidebar, etc... ^ :!: Note ^ | Content is edited with [[usage:wysiwyg_editor|WYSIWYG editor]] while [[#files_and_pages|files]] are edited with [[usage:code_editor|code editor]]. | ===== Editors ===== Instant Update has **two editors**. First is [[usage:code_editor|code editor]] or //file editor// which is used to edit [[#files_and_pages|files]] on your web site, and second is [[usage:wysiwyg_editor|WYSIWYG editor]] which is used to edit [[#content|content]] of your web site. First thing you should do after you install Instant Update is to edit your **index.php** file and place //default// content somewhere in file (between **** and **** tags, of course), and save file contents. After that, navigate to //yourwebsite.com/index.php// and you should see your default content in-page. If you are logged in you should see "edit" image below your content. Click on it to bring up [[usage:wysiwyg_editor|WYSIWYG editor]] and edit content in user friendly environment. ^ :!: Note ^ | [[usage:code_editor|Code editor]] should be used only while you are installing IU and making your website structure. [[usage:wysiwyg_editor|WYSIWYG editor]] should be used for daily website editing. |