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This guide is targeted to two audiences, Site Administrators who use Contensive as part of their applications, and developers/designers who create and manage applications.

Administrators

An administrator uses the system to manage users and content. For many applications they would access the data through an Administration Site.

Beginners 
Look at the Quick Start Guide if you are new to Contensive and need to get a feel for the system.
Content Managers 
Look in Managing Content if you are a site owner looking for information about managing your site. Managing Users describes how to use the site to add and track your users. Managing Email describes how to contact your users.
Quick Start Guide 
Information for site users and content managers covering basic topics like logging in, editing pages, and adding users.
FAQ 
Frequently Asked Questions, offering solutions to topics of highest interest.
Managing Content 
The basics of how to add pages and sections to the site. These topics are focused around the Manage Content section of the Admin Site Navigator.
Managing Users 
The basics of managing users on the site, as well as organizations and groups, where you manage most permissions and roles. These topics are focused around the Manage Users section of the Admin Site Navigator.
Managing Email 
This section covers how to setup and send email.
Microsites 
A microsite is an additional website created in the same Contensive application as your primary site. From the outside, it looks like an entirely different site, but from the admin site you see it is simply a different page, site layout, template, domain, etc.

Developers

A developer uses the Contensive Library to help build applications and websites. From a developer's perspective, the Contensive Library is an easy to follow dotnet api to help with state management, hardware abstraction, etc. At its heart is the executeAddon() method. When used within a web application, the executeRoute() method can used to execute addons based on routes. For example, the Library includes an Administration Site addon that can be executed on the '/admin' route.

Within the Admin Site, site administrators can edit content and execute other addons configured as tools, reports, etc. Content, Tools, etc are created by developers and deployed in groups of functionality called addon collections.

Dotnet API 
The Library is exposed through the core object 'cp'. In dotnet you make a reference to the library through NuGet Package and call its methods, like cp.file.save(). The complete object api available online at http://support.contensive.com/api
Create Addons 
You can use addons to extend your application, see http://support.contensive.com/Creating-Add-ons

An Add-on is a group of html, css, JavaScript, programming code, etc that when worked together, provide content or functionality for the site.

Developer Tutorials 
Tutorials to provide a easy path for developers at Contensive and our clients to begin using our server framework.
Contensive Installation and Setup
Contensive Library Architecture 
An overview of the system that include more a in-depth discussion of the available features.
Javascript API
Creating a custom login
Custom Editors
Creating Add-ons
Portal Framework
Metadata (Content Definitions)
Creating Forms with Multiple Select FieldsThe Library API is available online at http://support.contensive.com/api

For more information about creating Addons, see http://support.contensive.com/Creating-Add-ons

An Add-on is a group of html, css, JavaScript, programming code, etc that when worked together, provide content or functionality for the site.

Developer How-To 
The developer How-To is a list of common technical task instructions
Roles 
Some features in Contensive can only be accessed by users with special rights. A Role is a collection of rights, like Administrator.
Managing Add-ons 
This section covers how to add, use and manage addons. Addons are features added to the basic site like a Blog, Forum, Meeting Registration, etc. All custom functionality written for your site is added as addons. These topics are focused around the Manage Addon section of the Admin Site Navigator.
Managing Design 
This section covers topics related to creating and editing Templates, CSS Styles, Menuing and Layouts used in addons. These topics are focused around the Manage Design section of the Admin Site Navigator.
Terms 
Common words and phrases used in online help.