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Swift Admin Interface

Navigating the administration interface

The administration interface of your Swift-based solution allows you to have access to a number of concepts and tools used to e.g. create content and presets as an editor.

Login screen

When accessing the administration interface with /admin suffixed your solution URL, the login screen is shown.

Login screen

Sign in using an account with backend access, for instance an administrator user. You can also see information about the solution license and current version.

Area menu

The administration interface consists of areas such as Content, Assets and Commerce. Access each area from the area menu.

Area menu

Area tree

Each area has an area tree containing sections and nodes related to it. E.g. Content has a Navigation section with pages and folders representing the frontend, and a Recycle bin section if you regret deleting a page e.g..

Area tree

When clicking on one of the nodes, the corresponding content or tool is opened in the workspace.

Top bar

The top bar is an element which is primarily used for two things; to display a breadcrumb trail and to contain buttons like the action menu button.

Top bar

Action menu

Many list- and overview-screens feature an action menu. Action menus contain actions which have scope over the whole view, e.g. on content pages the Save page as preset action and Manage Styles action are present.

Action menu

Context menu

The context menu contains collections of context-sensitive actions, e.g. Edit, Delete or Permissions. Context menus are available when you click a ...-button on a list item or in an area tree.

Context menu

Slide-over

A slide-over panel is an element which slides in from the right side of the screen, hovering over the rest of the administration interface. It is typically used to ask you to configure or select something and then click select or save.

Slide-over

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