Dashboard Tour

The admin dashboard is the first thing you see after logging in. It gives you a quick overview of your site and shortcuts to the most common tasks.

Editor accounts don't see the admin dashboard. Editors go straight to the live site where they can click to edit content. This section is for Admin accounts.

Finish Setup checklist

On a fresh install, the dashboard shows a Finish Setup card above the stat cards. It lists seven security items to complete before your site goes live, each rated High, Medium, or Low risk.

Three items are auto-verified by RuntCMS:

  • HTTPS is active — checked from the current request
  • install.php has been deleted — checked on disk
  • display_errors is off — checked from PHP config

The remaining items (database privileges, config.php accessibility, 2FA, backups) are self-confirmed — tick the checkbox once you've done them. The card shows a progress count and a All done — hide this card button that appears once everything is ticked. Hiding the card is permanent.

The dashboard

Admin dashboard with stat cards and recent edits list

The dashboard has two main sections:

Stat cards

Four cards across the top show:

  • Pages — total number of pages (published, draft, and unlisted)
  • Regions — total editable text regions across all pages
  • Users — number of active user accounts
  • Images — total images in the media library

Clicking a stat card takes you to the corresponding section.

Recent edits

A list of the last 10 content saves, showing:

  • Which page and region was edited
  • Who made the edit
  • When it was saved (relative time — "2 hours ago")

This gives you a quick audit trail and lets you spot unexpected changes.

The left sidebar (on desktop) contains the admin navigation:

  • Dashboard — this page
  • Pages — create and manage pages
  • Users — manage admin and editor accounts
  • Image Library — browse all uploaded images
  • Partials — manage reusable HTML snippets
  • Settings — site name, email, robots.txt

The top bar shows your name and a link to your profile. From your profile you can change your password and manage two-factor authentication.

Going to the live site

The top bar includes a View Site link. Click it to open the live site in a new tab. Because you're logged in as an admin, you'll see the runtbar toolbar at the bottom of every page — ready to edit.

Logging out

Click your name in the top bar and select Log out, or click the Log Out button in the runtbar on the live site.

RuntCMS 0.9 Documentation