Main module

The Main module features include:

• support for multiple sites – the system can support multiple sites based on one product installation (please check our license policy for details);
• unlimited number of user groups;
• unlimited number of registered users, possibility to attach users to one or more groups;
• group-based assignment of responsibilities and access permissions;
• simplified template management system; each template can have its own design, set of components, public scripts and other elements;
• unlimited number of templates that can be applied them to one or more sites
• ability to apply different templates to every site in the system;
• native UTF-8 support;
• automated software updates through the use of the SiteUpdate technology;
• module management system;
• e-mail message templates to send messages upon an event (new blog post, registration information retrieval);
• programming interface (API) to create and connect custom modules;
• group operations on report elements (deleting, activation, and etc.);
• SQL queries to the database;
• gradual update system;
• support for SEF (Search Engine Friendly) URLs;
• manage site structure: copy, move, delete, and create files and sections via the web interface;
• quickly access frequent operations directly from the public section via the site control toolbar;
• use visual HTML editor to create and edit pages;
• assign inheritable access permissions for files and sections to user groups;
• create and manage the site menu: edit, add, and delete menu items; add new menu types;
• create and manage navigation chain;
• upload files and images to a server from a local machine;
• optimize the site for search engines: support for meta tags and the properties of your site’s pages and sections;
• add audio and video files to web pages.

Control Panel

The Control Panel interface

The Control Panel provides fast access to necessary control sections. It offers three functionally complete groups: Content, Services and Settings.

Pop-up hints will help you get acquainted with the system management tools. To get more information about the current page, you can use the context help that can be viewed by clicking the button the control panel toolbar. You can also send a request to the Bitrix company techsupport service.

Interface customization

Managing site structure

In the Control Panel, the site structure is rendered as a file manager with folders and files.

You can edit a current page, create a new section or edit a menu via the Control Panel web interface or from the public section by using the site control toolbar commands.

Site control toolbar

You can start editing information directly from the site public section by using the toolbar commands.

The control toolbar is invisible to and cannot be accessed by common visitors. Only an authorised visitor having sufficient permissions can use it. Certain buttons may be disabled or removed from the toolbar if a user does not have enough permissions for operations that these buttons perform. Administrators can customise the control toolbar by adding buttons facilitating editing any site content. For example, you might want to add a button to edit news or product description etc.

Access permission

Folder access permissions

Configuring permissions allows you to regulate user groups' access to files and catalogs of a site. All access permissions are inheritable. If a section is copied or moved, it will retain all permissions assigned to it.

HTML editor

The HTML editor can be used with Internet Explorer or Firefox. Among other features, the editor implements split editing mode (two panes: the upper showing the design view, and the lower containing the HTML code).

HTML editor


Split editing mode

The HTML editor empowers you with a strong tool allowing to:

• edit the web page contents in browser;
• format web page text using a set of basic commands similar to those of the Microsoft Word;
• format text using styles defined in a CSS file of the current template;
• insert hyperlinks into web page text;
• upload images from a local machine and insert them in your web pages;
• edit web page properties: title for search engines, keywords, author, description and any other.

Automatic registration prevention

The Main module supports the essential feature aimed to prevent unauthorized registrations - CAPTCHA (completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart). If CAPTCHA is enabled, a user must enter a string with the displayed random symbols to register.

This method ensures that the forum forms will not be abused by robots that are not capable to recognise text on images.

Automatic Site Map

The unique site map generator helps you keep your site map up-to-date. The Site Map always contains only files and folders that the current visitor is permitted to view.