In addition to the standard pages described in the previous sections, standard Plinkit sites generally also contain a Staff Area that is only available to library staff members who have logged in with a user name and password. In most cases, staff users can view, but not edit, the content contained in the Staff Area.

A staff user who is logged in can see an additional portlet that is not visible to the general public. The recent changes portlet provides a list of the most recent changes made throughout the entire Plinkit site. Staff users are also able to view content that has been added to the site but has not been published for viewing by public users (users who do not have a login name or who have not logged in). The links, titles, and tabs for unpublished content are displayed in green when a staff user is logged in.

The first screen shot below shows the default Staff Area page, including the recent changes portlet. The titles of the Staff Area, Staff Calendar, and spanish.gif items are displayed in green, indicating that they have not been published. These items are visible to staff users who have logged in, but they cannot be seen by the general public.

The second screen shot below shows the Staff Calendar, which functions exactly like the Library Calendar, except that it displays only staff-related events. A logged-in staff user can access this calendar by clicking Staff Area and then Staff Calendar in the navigation portlet. The Staff Calendar is unpublished, so it is visible only to logged-in staff users.