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Logging In to Your Plinkit Site
To edit the content of your Plinkit site, you must first log in using the login name and password provided to you by your Plinkit Administrator.
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Note: Logging in provides Plinkit Editors with access to the menus and tabs they need to add, edit, and remove content. Other library staff members can also log in to Plinkit to view content in the Staff Area, which is not available to the public. Members of the general public do not need to log in to view and use your library Web site (although they may need to enter a login name and password to access certain research databases). |
To log in:
1. Use your Internet browser to navigate to the Plinkit Web site address provided to you by your Plinkit Administrator (see Getting Your Plinkit Site URL and Login Information).
2. Click the log in or staff log in link, which is usually found in the top right corner of most of the pages in your Plinkit site. (Another common location is the very bottom of each page.)
A login form is displayed in the main content area of your Plinkit page.
3. In the Login Name and Password fields, enter your login name and password and then click log in.
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Tip: Your login name and password are case-sensitive, so enter them exactly as they were provided to you. |
Immediately after you log in, a successful login message appears near the top of the main content window and your user name appears in the title bar, near the right edge of the page. Whenever you are logged in, you are able to see additional content and features that are not available when you are not logged in. These features are shaded green to remind you that they are not visible to the public. The screen shot below highlights some of the key differences between what a public user (a user who is not logged in) sees and what a logged-in Editor user sees.
The tabs and menus on the green bar above the main content area allow you to edit, add, publish, and delete content (see Tabs and Menus for Editors). In the navigation portlet, items that are not available to the public, such as the Staff Area folder, are also shown in green. Below the navigation portlet, a recent changes portlet lists the most recent changes made to your Plinkit site.