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Using the admin

The admin is the private part of your site, at /admin, where you and your colleagues write, publish and organise everything visitors see. It runs on the same server as your site, works in any browser, on a phone and with JavaScript turned off.

These pages are for editors and site owners. The guides walk you through everyday jobs one step at a time: finding your way around, publishing a page or a post, building a menu, inviting a colleague. The reference pages list every screen, option and limit for when you need the detail.

Guides

  • Tour

    Sign in to your site's admin, find your way around the menus and learn what your account can do.

  • Content

    Create a page, post or any other content, save it as a draft, publish it now or later, and go back to an earlier version.

  • Edit a page

    Change the text, images and layout of a page with the visual page builder, then save and publish it.

  • Blog and people

    Write and publish a blog post, check how it will show in search results, and credit it to a person with a public profile page.

  • Media, menus, redirects

    Upload images, build your site's navigation menu, add a contact form and send an old address to a new page.

  • Users and API keys

    Invite a colleague to the admin with the right role, and give a script or another service its own key to your site.

Reference

  • Settings reference

    Every Settings and Theme screen of the admin, who may open it, and what each option, limit and default does.

  • Types and taxonomies

    The content list, the edit form, versions, content types, categories and tags, and people, with every option, address and rule.

  • Editor reference

    Every element, setting, shortcut, limit and save rule of the page builder and the blog editor.

  • Accessibility, security

    How the admin works with a keyboard and a screen reader, how its screens behave, and how it protects accounts, sessions and forms.

  • Accessibility statement

    The accessibility level the Hatamoto admin aims for, how it is tested, what is checked by hand and the gaps we know about.

  • Webhooks

    Let your own systems know when content changes: set up a webhook, check its signature, and see how delivery, retries and limits work.

  • Performance and cache

    How your site keeps pages ready for fast visits, the options under Settings and Performance, and what makes a change show at once.