base.ox4.org

Here's a step by step guide to making new your new ox4.org site yours.

1. Log into your site.
2. Change your password.
3. Set user registration.
4. Edit your site info & upload logos.
5. Delete the sample pages.
6. Edit the home page.

1. Log into your site

Instructions will have been emailed to you.

2. Change your password

When we set up your account we made up a password for you. Change this to something you'll remember by ...

1. Go to the black navigation bar at the top of the page and select User Management > Users > List.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll see your account name. Click on Edit in the Operations columns.
3. Enter your new password and confirm it in the Account Information form.
   TIP: You might also want to change the user name.
4. Scroll to the bottom on the page and click save.

3. Set user registration

The different options are:

• Anybody can register on you site.
• Anybody can request to register on your site, but they won't be registered until you approve them (default).
• Nobody can request to register on your site - only you can register people.

Here's how to change the settings:

1. Go to the black navigation bar at the top of the page and select User Management > User Settings.
2. Select the option you want in from public registrations.
3. Scroll to the bottom on the page and click save.

4. Edit your site info & upload logos.

1. Go to the black navigation bar at the top of the page and select Site Configuration > Site Information.
2. Fill in as many items in th eform as you want to.
3. Scroll to the bottom on the page and click save.
4. Go to the black navigation bar at the top of the page and select Themes > Configure > Global Settings.
5. Check the boxes in the Toggle Display form for items that you want to appear on your site.
   Note: Not all themes contain all of these elements - if you've picked a theme that doen't include an element that element will not appear.
6. Upload you site logo in the Logo Image Settings form.
7. Upload your favicon in the Shortcut Icon Settings form.
8. Scroll to the bottom on the page and click save.

5. Delete the sample pages

When we set up your site, it came with a couple of sample pages. You'll probably want to delete them. There's also a taxonomy term that you will want to delete.

1. Go to the black navigation bar at the top of the page and select Content Management > Content.
2. Check the boxes next to 'Blah, no life', and 'A news story'.
3. In the Update Options form (above the content list) select Delete and click update.
4. Confirm that you want to delete the pages.
5. Go to the black navigation bar at the top of the page and select Content Management > Taxonomy > List.
6. Click the Edit Vocabulary link in the table.
7. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click delete.
8. Confirm the deletion.

6. Edit the home page

1. Go to the black navigation bar at the top of the page and select Content Management > Content.
2. Click the Edit link on the page called 'ox4: hosting from the grassroots'.
3. Add your own information into the edit page.
4. When you've finished, click save at the bottom of the page.

Your new site is now set up and ready for you to build other pages, blogs, etc.