SimpleCMS is a content management system focused on easy use. It allows administrators to define content and menus, publish articles and links, and distribute information to social networks. The system uses CKEditor for rich text editing and file management. Content can be created, edited, and published with images, documents, videos, and other media embedded. Comments can also be added to articles. Metadata is automatically extracted and published along with the content.

1. SimpleCMS
SimpleCMS is content management system focused on easy use. Main advantage in
comparison with other CMS systems is simple approach for solving complex tasks, where on
code side the clarity and security of the implementation is the main target.
Simple CMS allows editing
administrator. SCMS allows:
• Define content and system of menu for home page
• Publish on home page articles
• Publish external links in menu
• Publish on home page predefined map composition from MapMan
• Order information on home page
• Remove information from home page
• Publish RSS channels on home page
• Distribute information into social
• Publish metadata about content
SCMS Menu
Here is described how to modify menu on portal.
Adding new menu item
• To create new menu item click
• Fill in the fields in following form.
management system focused on easy use. Main advantage in
comparison with other CMS systems is simple approach for solving complex tasks, where on
code side the clarity and security of the implementation is the main target.
Simple CMS allows editing information on GeoPortal. This function is dedicate to
Define content and system of menu for home page
Publish on home page articles
Publish external links in menu on home page
Publish on home page predefined map composition from MapMan
Order information on home page
Remove information from home page
Publish RSS channels on home page
into social network
Publish metadata about content
ere is described how to modify menu on portal.
To create new menu item click on the bottom edge of main manu.
Fill in the fields in following form. Obligatory fields are marked by (!)
management system focused on easy use. Main advantage in
comparison with other CMS systems is simple approach for solving complex tasks, where on
GeoPortal. This function is dedicate to
on the bottom edge of main manu.
Obligatory fields are marked by (!)

2. • Title (!):This text will appear in the main menu.
• Link: Put there URL, if you want this menu item to refer to external source
• License: There can be placed text informing about License of content
particular menu item.
• Set as homepage: If you check this field, content belonging
as homepage instead of original homepage . Setting one page as homepage
automatically cancels this setting of previous homepage.
Confirm the settings by clicking
Creating items of submenu
If you click under any menu item, new item will be added as submenu item of particular
menu item.
Properties of submenu item can be set
item, as we described in previous section
This text will appear in the main menu.
you want this menu item to refer to external source
There can be placed text informing about License of content
If you check this field, content belonging to this menu item will be set
as homepage instead of original homepage . Setting one page as homepage
automatically cancels this setting of previous homepage.
Confirm the settings by clicking Save button
Creating items of submenu
under any menu item, new item will be added as submenu item of particular
Properties of submenu item can be set exactly the same way as properties of new menu
item, as we described in previous section
you want this menu item to refer to external source
There can be placed text informing about License of content assigned to
to this menu item will be set
as homepage instead of original homepage . Setting one page as homepage
under any menu item, new item will be added as submenu item of particular
exactly the same way as properties of new menu

3. Deleting menu items
To delete any menu item click:
appears after this action.
If there is any content belonging to item, you are deleting, the content will be automatically
moved to section Uncategorised
Editing menu items
To edit properties of any menu item click
menu item, will appear. Change the settings and click
Moving menu items
To move menu item up or down click
nearest item in selected direction will interchange their positions.
Content management
There are two main items, which can hold content:
Article
Content holders that that are holding the data we want to publish. As regular articles they are
composed from the perex and the content itself. Using nice WYSIWYG editor provides nice
user experience to beginners and support for fu
to do more fine grained look of desired article. Editor allows inserting various multimedia
content user can think of, videos, photos, etc.
Message
Each menu can be accompanied by the message item, which in reality is simplified article
that contains just one view on short text.that does not implement detailed view so it could be
described as „perex“ only. Since the message/s are always on top over th
be best used as the menu description. Also here is used the some WISIWIG editor, with full
functionality like
Managing content
Creating article
To create new article firstly select
click in content part of page.
Article has four main parts:
• Title (!)
• Author (!)
• Perex (!)
• Content
To delete any menu item click: under the menu item and click Confirm
If there is any content belonging to item, you are deleting, the content will be automatically
Uncategorised
To edit properties of any menu item click . The Same dialog, as if you are creating new
menu item, will appear. Change the settings and click Save button .
To move menu item up or down click or under the menu item. Particular
nearest item in selected direction will interchange their positions.
There are two main items, which can hold content: article and message.
Content holders that that are holding the data we want to publish. As regular articles they are
composed from the perex and the content itself. Using nice WYSIWYG editor provides nice
user experience to beginners and support for full inline html can please any person wanting
to do more fine grained look of desired article. Editor allows inserting various multimedia
content user can think of, videos, photos, etc.
Each menu can be accompanied by the message item, which in reality is simplified article
that contains just one view on short text.that does not implement detailed view so it could be
described as „perex“ only. Since the message/s are always on top over th
be best used as the menu description. Also here is used the some WISIWIG editor, with full
To create new article firstly select page, to which you would like to add the article. The
of page.
Confirm in dialog, which
If there is any content belonging to item, you are deleting, the content will be automatically
. The Same dialog, as if you are creating new
under the menu item. Particular item and
Content holders that that are holding the data we want to publish. As regular articles they are
composed from the perex and the content itself. Using nice WYSIWYG editor provides nice
ll inline html can please any person wanting
to do more fine grained look of desired article. Editor allows inserting various multimedia
Each menu can be accompanied by the message item, which in reality is simplified article
that contains just one view on short text.that does not implement detailed view so it could be
described as „perex“ only. Since the message/s are always on top over the articles they can
be best used as the menu description. Also here is used the some WISIWIG editor, with full
page, to which you would like to add the article. Then

4. Obligatory parts are marked by (!)
More detailed information about placing different kinds of objects into articles will be provided
in next sections.
When your article is ready to publish, click
Creating message
To create new message firstly select
Then click Create message
Because there can be only one message on each page, this option is available only if there
is no other message on the page.
More detailed information about placing different kinds of objects into messages will be
provided in next sections.
When your message is ready to publish, click
Editing message or article
To edit article or message click
is used for editing and creating. Save your changes by
Deleting message or article
To delete article or message click
Confirm button.
CKEditor
SimpleCMS uses CKEditor for work with text and objects in articles and Messages. Some
features will be described in this
http://ckeditor.com.
Adding images
There are two main possibilities, how to add image to message or article. If you know the
URL of the image, no meter where the imag
this action dialog for inserting images appears
Obligatory parts are marked by (!)
More detailed information about placing different kinds of objects into articles will be provided
When your article is ready to publish, click Confirm button.
new message firstly select page, to which you would like to add the message.
te message in content part of page.
Because there can be only one message on each page, this option is available only if there
is no other message on the page.
More detailed information about placing different kinds of objects into messages will be
When your message is ready to publish, click Confirm button.
To edit article or message click on the top edge of the article or message. The same form
is used for editing and creating. Save your changes by Confirm button
To delete article or message click on the top edge of the article or message.
SimpleCMS uses CKEditor for work with text and objects in articles and Messages. Some
features will be described in this section. For more detailed info about CKEditor visit
There are two main possibilities, how to add image to message or article. If you know the
URL of the image, no meter where the image is stored, click on CKEditor toolbar. After
this action dialog for inserting images appears
More detailed information about placing different kinds of objects into articles will be provided
page, to which you would like to add the message.
Because there can be only one message on each page, this option is available only if there
More detailed information about placing different kinds of objects into messages will be
on the top edge of the article or message. The same form
on the top edge of the article or message. Then click
SimpleCMS uses CKEditor for work with text and objects in articles and Messages. Some
section. For more detailed info about CKEditor visit
There are two main possibilities, how to add image to message or article. If you know the
on CKEditor toolbar. After

5. Put image URL to the URL field. If you would like to change attributes of the image, use the
proper fields below. Then click OK and image will be inserted.
If you would like to use image, which you are going to upload on the server or search for
image, which has already been uploaded on the server, click Browse Server button in the
same dialog.
File manager window will open
If the image already exists on the server, In left part of File manager find the image name
and click on it. If the image doesn’t exist on the server, click Browse button (or equivalent

6. of “Browse” in your language) in File manager. Set the path to the image file and click
Upload.
Then click Select button. Now the image will be placed to the article.
You can also directly access the File manager directly by clicking button on CKEditor
toolbar.
Adding document
Adding documents to articles or messages is very similar to adding images. You can refer to
the document directly, if you know URL of the document.
To add the document this way mark the text, you would like us as a link to document. Then
click button on CKEditor toolbar. Link form will open.
Add URL to URL field and click OK button.
If the document is placed on server and you don’t know the URL, or your are going to upload
the document, there are two possibilities.
First possibility is marking the text, which is supposed to be link to document. Then clicking
button and Browse server button in dialog shown above. File manager will open.
If the document already exists on the server, In left part of File manager find the document
name and click on it. If the image doesn’t exist on the server, click Browse button (or
equivalent of “Browse” in your language) in File manager. Set the path to the image file and
click Upload.
Then click Select button.
Now the URL to document will be placed to URL field of link form. Click OK button in link
form.

7. Other possibility is using button on CKEditor toolbar. Then use File manager to find the
document on the server. The title of the document will be now used as link to document.
Adding Embed media
Embedding enables accessing some kind of objects from different websites.
In websites created by SimpleCMS you can for example display videos hosted on Youtube
or presentations hosted on Slideshare.
To add embed object, you need embed code of the object. Way how to get the embed code
from different tools may be slightly different for each of them
For example, on Slideshare you can get embed code of any publicly available presentation
by clicking Embed link. After this, embed code appears.

8. Getting embed code from Youtube is displayed on following image:
Getting Maps Composition from Mapman – Select Insert into HTML Page
And copy text in window

9. Copy the code.
Press on CKeditor toolbar. In source code od article or message select the
proper place for the embed code. If you are adding the object to end of message or article,(or
to the place, which is end at the moment, when you are adding the code, paste the embed
code to the end of the source code.
Then you can again click and continue editing the message or article in way, you
are used to.

10. Adding Attachment to Article
On the bottom of article select button
Then select file on your computer
And attach file to article
Commenting of Article
On the bottom of article under Comments push button plus
then edit comments using editor

11. Publishing of Metadata about article
After editing of article push on top of article button .
Available Metadata are extracted from article
Edit missing information and then push on the bottom of page.
Publishing of information into Social Networks
System support automatically publishing of articles on Facebook using Posterous. You can switch off
or on this automatic publishing. On bottom of page select
User settings

12. Then you can switch on or off Sending on Posterous
System also offer possibilities to send information of social networks for Non registered users. There
exist Social buttons
Like, Tweet or Share
Button share offer possibilities send information on different social networks