Getting Started with ApPHP Medical Appointment (for version 3.0.0 or above)

1. General and Site Settings.

In this section described how to manage a general settings of your site.


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1.1 Setting up site parameters.

Select Settings from General Menu. On this you can easy change/manage the important parameters of your site. You will see there 6 Tabs: General Settings, Visual Settings, Templates & Styles, Server Info, Site Info and Cron Jobs

On General Settings Tab you can change:


On Visual Settings Tab you can change: (change value in dropdown box to make changes for appropriate language). You may also apply changes in META tags to all pages.
On Templates & Styles Tab you can change:
On Server Info Tab you can view the important info about your server:
On Site Info Tab you can view the ranks of your site (click on update button to refresh them):
On Cron Jobs Tab you can define a type of cron jobs:


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1.2 Banning Emails/IP Addresses.

Select Ban List from General Menu. On this page you can easy add/change or remove banned emails or IP addresses.


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1.3 Countries Management.

Select Countries from General Menu. On this page you can manage a list of countries with a standard MicroGrid page. You can add, edit or delete existing country. Also you may change a priority order.


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1.4 Statistics.

Select Statistics from General Menu. On this page you can view a general statistics of your site:


2. Accounts_management.

In this section described how to manage site accounts.


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2.1 My Account.

Log into Admin Panel, using administrator username and password. Then select My account from Accounts Menu or from the top of the page. You will see a page, where you can change your email, password and preferred language. To change data simply enter new values and then press on Change button.


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2.2 Admins Management.

Select Admins from Accounts Menu. On this page you can manage Admins accounts. You may add, edit or delete existing accounts. When you create new admin account you have to define new account type: Admin or Main Admin. The Main Admin is the type of account that has all rights, like a site owner (but may be deleted by the owner) and Admin type is the type which has reduced rights.


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2.3 Users Management.

Select User Groups from Accounts Menu. On this page you can add, edit or delete existing groups of users. You have to enter Group Name and description (optional). Users can be assigned to zero, one or more groups.

Select Users from Accounts Menu. You will see the Users Management page. On this page you can add, edit or delete existing accounts of users.


3. Menu Management.

In this section described how to manage menu categories.


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3.1 Creating menu categories.

Click on Add New Menu from Menus Management. In the textbox enter a proper name for menu category and select a placement (left, top, right or bottom) from dropdown list, also choose a language. You may also define access level for the menu: All(public) or only Registered users. Press on Create button to finish adding new menu category process. Menu categories will appear sorted by order from smallest to highest (last added category automatically gets lowest priority).


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3.2 Editing menu categories.

To edit existing menu category - select Edit Menus from Menus Management page and then click on appropriate category from the list. Perform all changes you need and then press on Save Changes button. You may also change the display order of each menu category.

If you want to delete existing menu category - go to Edit Menus page, then select appropriate menu category from the list and click on delete link at the right side.



4. Pages Management.

In this section described how to manage pages.


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4.1 Editing Homepage.

To edit Homepage - select Edit Home Page from Pages Management menu. Perform all changes you need and then press on Save Changes button. You may also define meta tags for home page: title, description and keywords and some other settings.

If you need to insert/upload images - click on Insert Image icon in the toolbar of WYSIWYG editor, then upload/select your image and press on Submit button.


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4.2 Creating new pages.

Click on Add New Page from Pages Management menu. In the Page Header textbox enter a proper name for this page. Choose appropriate value from dropdown list to connect this page to some menu and enter a text in Page Text textarea. You may also define is a page will be an article or just a link, allow/block comments, define access level, meta tags, show or not show this page in search results, publish or just save changes without publishing etc. Click on Create button to finish the process.

If you need to insert/upload images into page text - click on Insert Image icon in the toolbar of WYSIWYG editor, then upload/select your image and press Submit button.


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4.3 Editing pages.

To edit existing page - click on Edit Pages from Pages Management, then select the appropriate page from the list. Perform all changes you need and then press on Save Changes button.

If you need to insert/upload images into page text - click on Insert Image icon in the toolbar of WYSIWYG editor, then upload/select your image and press Submit button.



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4.4 Editing system pages.

To edit system pages - click on Edit System Pages from Pages Management, then select the appropriate page from the list. Perform all changes you need and then press on Save Changes button.



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4.5 Remove/Restore pages.

To remove existing page - click on Edit Pages from Pages Management menu, then select the appropriate page from the list and click on Remove link from the right side. This page will be placed in trash.

To restore removed page click on Trash from Pages Management, find appropriate page and click on Restore link. If you want permanently delete this page, then click on Delete link.



5. Languages Settings.

In this section described how to manage languages and define language settings.


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5.1 Inserting/Editing Language.

Click on Languages from Languages Settings Menu. On this page you will see a list of existing languages. You can add new language or edit existing, change display order etc. When you add or edit existing language you need to insert a name of the language, abbreviation, text direction, icon image and some other data. When all needed data was entered - press on Create/Update button to save it. You have to define one language to be a default language of the site.

When you add new language, the system creates for new language a copy of vocabulary (the list of predefined constants, used by the system) from the default language and you will need to translate them into the new language.


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5.2 Editing language vocabulary.

Click on Vocabulary from Languages Settings Menu. On this page you can edit the vocabulary constants of existing languages. To change the text of constant, select the appropriate language from dropdown list, then click on [Edit] link and enter new text in textarea. You may use Google automatic translation to help yourself in this work. To do this simply past in textarea default language text and then click on Translate via Google button.

You may also update vocabulary by uploading vocabulary file (if you create such file or have from the old site). To do this simply click on [Upload from File] link, then select vocabulary file, language to update and press on upload and Process button.


6. Mass Mail & Email Templates.

In this section described how to work with embedded modules.


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6.1 Email Templates.

To edit Email Templates go to Mass Mail & Templates -> Email Templates. On this page you can see a list of existing email templates. Email Templates are managed with a standard MicroGrid page. You can add, delete or edit existing records. There are some templates that signed as "system" templates, that cannot be deleted, because they are used by the system.


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6.2 Mass Mail.

With the Mass Mail feature, it's possible to create and send powerful mass mail messages to registered users and/or admins. To do this go to Mass Mail & Templates -> Mass Mail. On this page you can select a template, define targeting group of receivers (or send a test email) and prepare the text of email message. There are some pre-defined constants that may be used in the text of email and will be replaced with appropriate values before sending the email. For example: {YEAR} will be replaced with the current year in YYYY format, {WEB SITE} with web site url etc.


7. Modules.

In this section described how to work with embedded modules.


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7.1 Modules Management.

Select Modules Management from the Modules Menu. On this page you can easy install/uninstall existing modules, for example: News, Backup etc. To do this click on [Edit], perform changes and then press Update button.


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7.2 Users Module.

In this section described how to work with Users Module.

Users Module settings.
This page allows you to define Users settings, like:
- Possibility to adding new users by Admin
- Require confirmation for registration process
- Specifies whether to allow showing My Account link
- Specifies whether to show login block on home page
- Specifies whether to allow image verification (captcha) on registration


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7.3 Contact Us Module.

In this section described how to work with Contact Us Module.

Contact Us Module settings.
This page allows you to define Contact Us settings, like:
- The email address, that will be used to get sent information
- The keyword that will be replaced with Contact Us form (copy and paste it into the page)
- Specifies whether to allow time delay between sending emails.
- Defines a length of delay between emails in seconds.
- Specifies whether to allow image verification


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7.4 Comments Module.

In this section described how to work with Comments Module.

Comments module settings.
This page allows you to define Comments settings, like:
- Specifies whether to allow comments to articles
- Type of users, who can post comments
- The maximal length of a comment
- Specifies whether to allow image verification (captcha)
- How much comments will be shown on one page
- Specifies whether to allow pre-moderation for comments
- The maximum pending time for deleting of comment in minutes.


Comments Management page.
On this page admin can manage comments: view, approve, deny or delete them.


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7.5 Gallery Module.

In this section described how to work with Gallery Module.

Gallery Settings.
This page allows you to define Gallery settings, like:
- Allowed types of Image Gallery
- Allowed types of Video Gallery
- The keyword that will be replaced with gallery (copy and paste it into the page)
- Album icon width
- Album icon height
- Number of album icons per line
- The keyword that will be replaced with a certain album images (copy and paste it into the page)
- Defines a wrapper type for gallery

Gallery Management.
The Gallery module allows you to create and manage gallery albums on your site. To do this go to Modules -> Gallery -> Gallery Management. On this page you will see a list of existing albums. Albums are managed with a standard MicroGrid page. You can add, delete or edit albums info, define a type of album: images or video. To upload/delete images from the certain album - click on Upload link.


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7.6 Banners Module.

In this section described how to work with Gallery Module.

Banners Settings.
This page allows you to define Banners settings, like:
- Whether banners module is active or not
- Type of banner rotation
- Banners rotation delay in seconds

Banners Management.
The Banners module allows you to create/upload and manage banners on your site. To do this go to Modules -> Banners -> Banners Management. On this page you will see a list of existing banners, that are managed with a standard MicroGrid page. You can add, edit or delete records, and also upload banner images.


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7.7 News Module.

In this section described how to work with News Module.

News Settings.
This page allows you to define News settings, like:
- How many news will be shown in news block
- Length of news header in block
- Using of RSS channel for news

Creation and Management.
The News module allows you to create and manage news on your site. To do this go to Modules -> News -> News Management. On this page you will see a list of previously added news. News are managed with a standard MicroGrid page. You can add, edit or delete records.

There are two type of news that may be created: news or events. If you create event, visitors could register to this event via online form. All registered users may be viewed via Modules -> News -> News Management -> events()


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7.8 Backup & Restore Module.

Creating a backup.
This script allows you easily create backup of your database. To do this go to Modules -> Backup & Restore -> Backup Installation. On this page you can see a list of existing backups. If you want to add new backup press Backup button. After backup is created it will appear in the list below.

Restoring from backup.
To restore database from existing backup go to Modules -> Backup & Restore -> Backup Restore page and look on the list of existing backups. Select a backup you want to restore and click on Restore link at the right side. After restoring is completed, refresh the site or re-login.