Getting Started
Welcome to Composite C1!
Here you can find a few topics that will help you get started. Having a website up and running, it is time to learn how to log in to the C1 console where the magic of content management begins. Once logged in, you may want to know how to create and edit pages, insert images and C1 functions, install packages, create multi-languange websites and control access to the C1 console. If you are interested in what it takes to run this CMS, have a look at its system requirements.
1/26/2012: 01: Console Login
To work on your website, you should log in to the administrative console in your web browser using your username/password. This is where you can create and edit its pages, change its appearance and provide logic of its interactivity.
Read more 1/26/2012: 02: Pages
You create and edit pages of your website in the Content perspective of the Administrative console. You can add static and dynamic content to your pages, format and style their appearance, enrich them with media.
Read more 1/26/2012: 03: Media
Media such as images are part and parcel of modern websites. When editing pages, you can upload and insert images in a quick and a convenient way.
Read more 1/26/2012: 04: Packages
With C1 packages, you can conveniently extend the functionality of your website in no time. All you have to do is select and install a package without leaving the Administrative console and use it wherever it is needed.
Read more 1/26/2012: 05: Functions
C1 functions are building blocks of your website. Regardless the technology behind them (XSLT, C#, Razor etc), you can simply and uniformly use them on pages and markup. They allow you to reuse content across the website, display dynamic content and integrate external functionality on the website.
Read more 1/26/2012: 06: Languages
All your website can easily target audiences from different countries by displaying the content of your website in their native language. In Composite C1, you can create multilingual copies of your website by adding a needed language and translating the content.
Read more 1/26/2012: 07: Data
By defining your data types, you can store structured data in the same way your store and use data in database tables. You can create both global and page-specific data and present it dynamically on pages and in other content-related parts of your website.
Read more 1/26/2012: 08: Security
In the multi-user website building scenarios, it always makes sense to control who can access specific areas in the Administrative console and how much a person can change in that area. Console users can be assigned to user groups granted specific access and specific permissions.
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- Blog
- Heroes
- Get Involved!
- User Guides
- Getting Started
- Pages
- Image & Media
- Functions
- Superuser
- User Guide
- Videos
- Add-on Market
- Package Overview
- Share your Add-on
- Documentation
- Getting Started
- Layout
- Data
- Functions
- Configuration
- Console
- Azure
- Videos
- Product website
- Why us?
- Products
- Partners
- Solutions
- About
- About Us
- What's happening?
- Events
- Newsletter
- Articles
- Press kit
- Contact
- Try it
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COMPOSITE C1 IN SHORT
If you need a professional, but budget friendly website, that scales out in the cloud, then Composite C1 is for you. Composite C1 is one of the world’s best-rated Free Open Source CMS built on the Microsoft stack and today it's installed in 150 countries.
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