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Planning and maintaining your site

What is Sector?

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Content Editor Content Administrator Drupal Sitebuilder

Sector is an open source CMS Drupal distribution that is ready to go and easy to administer.

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Organising your content

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Sector allows you to organise your content in structures that your intended audience can grasp quickly.

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Introduction to metadata

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Content Editor Content Administrator Blog Editor Drupal Sitebuilder

Metadata is information (data) about information. Metadata might be visible to your audiences, or only seen by systems like social media applications and search engines.

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Drupal modules included in Sector

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Drupal Sitebuilder

The Sector distribution includes the latest stable Drupal core, a selection of Drupal custom modules and tailored custom modules by Sparks Interactive. 

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Planning your project

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Content Editor Content Administrator Drupal Sitebuilder

No one web project is like another, but there are a few common touchstones that you should consider at the start of your project.

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Sector add-ons - overview

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Next to the features and functionality provided by the Sector Starter Kit, Sector includes a growing number of Sector add-ons.

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The Sector Starter Kit

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Drupal Sitebuilder

Sector is built to be modular - the main building block is the Sector Starter Kit, which can then be extended using Sector add-ons. 

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Public vs. private file systems

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Site Administrators (UID1)

The file field upload destination in Sector is set to the public file system. This is good enough for most (but not all) sites.

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Sector automated logout settings

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Drupal Sitebuilder Site Administrators (UID1)

The Sector Starter Kit includes the Automated Logout module. 

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Sector release schedule overview

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Site Administrators (UID1)

As part of our Sector 9 roadmap, the Sector team is committed to a release schedule based on the Drupal core release cycle. 

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Adding, editing, and deleting user accounts

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Drupal Sitebuilder Site Administrators (UID1)

There are right and wrong ways of managing users on your website - this guide explains how to add, edit, and remove user accounts.

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Updating a Sector site

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Site Administrators (UID1)
Updating a Sector site is easy. Sector releases funnel through a strict and thorough test process to ensure the best possible compatibility against Drupal core and contributed modules.
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Sector Security (Sector 10)

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Drupal Sitebuilder

The Sector Security module enables a set of recommended security modules and provides additional security features for Sector sites.

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Sector Mega Menu (Sector 10)

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Drupal Sitebuilder

Sector Mega Menu provides a visually organised and efficient view of your menu structure, allowing users to quickly grasp the hierarchical structure of your site and access content in deeper levels.

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Sector 10 is coming!

Find out more in our Sector 10 roadmap.

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Sector is brought to you by Sparks Interactive - supporting Sector from Wellington and Auckland

Open Source award winner!

Sparks Interactive are delighted to accept the Open Source Use in Business award for Sector and the Sector.nz open source platform.

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