When managing website content via a CMS (Content Management System), there are generally two working environments:
- The backend or back office, the private part of the site accessible only with an administrator login, which allows you to edit most of the content on the web platform
- The frontend or front office, the public part of the web platform, freely accessible to everyone
⚙ Frontend editing? There are approaches to editing directly in the frontend, but we do not recommend this, in order to focus on writing and structuring content, independently of visual rendering, which can interfere with the writer's priorities.
Logging in to the admin
To access the backend or back office of your site, click in the bar where your site's URL is located (http://domainname.com), add /wp-admin or /login and press Enter.
This will take you to the login page shown opposite, where you can enter your username and password.
Lost your password?
From the login page below, you can click on the ‘Forgot your password?’ link.
The only field on this page asks you to enter your username or email address. By clicking on ‘Generate a password’, a link allowing you to create your new password will be sent to your email address.
Change the appearance of the login page
ou can choose the logo and background colour of your admin page to match your graphic charter.
After logging in, you will be in the back office.
In the left-hand menu:
- Click on ‘Appearance’
- Go to ‘Customise’
From here, you can change your logos (main, secondary and login page), the favicon* and your login page background colour or image.
Find out how to configure your site's identity with logos (main and secondary) and the favicon.
- To customise the admin login logo:
- Click on ‘Site Identity’
- Add a logo in the ‘Login page logo’ field
- Save by clicking on ‘Published’ at the top right of the menu
- To customise the background image or colour. The two cannot be superimposed. The image will always take precedence.
- Click on ‘Login Background Image’
- Add an image in the ‘Background image’ field
- Save by clicking on ‘Published’ at the top right of the menu.
- Click on ‘Login Background Colour’.
- Choose the background colour
For the image:
Note: The image has a slight black filter so that the login form remains visible (see image below).
For the colour:
- Save by clicking on ‘Publish’ at the top right of the menu
Go to Menus visible in the admin panel →