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 installed Instant Update successfully and that your website is properly converted to Instant Update format.
 Note |
|---|
| There is a video tutorial available on this topic. You can view it here, if you want. |
Files and pages
A file represents physical (.php) file on hard disk or on web site which contains any information. A 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 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 dynamic page from within 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 file on your web site (using code editor). File and content together form a web page. Content is edited with 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)1) 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 code editor), contact information and place it in your web site's sidebar, etc…
| Note |
|---|
| Content is edited with WYSIWYG editor while files are edited with code editor. |
Editors
Instant Update has two editors. First is code editor or file editor which is used to edit files on your web site, and second is WYSIWYG editor which is used to edit 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 <body> and </body> 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 WYSIWYG editor and edit content in user friendly environment.
| Note |
|---|
| Code editor should be used only while you are installing IU and making your website structure. WYSIWYG editor should be used for daily website editing. |
