Content Manager

The Content Manager App can be regarded as a simplified version of the Appspotr CMS and the main intention of this is to manage a particular app…​

Once you have created your own app through Appspotr the next step is to add content to it and update the existing content. With the Content Manager App, you can easily manage your app content anytime anywhere.

Content Manager is available as a Web application and as an iPad app (is not supported on iPhones)

In this guide, we are going to discuss how to use the Content Manager application to manage app content.

You can also reset the password if you have forgotten it.

You will be directed to the Home Page where all your app projects are being displayed

Your name and email will be displayed here.

Profile Settings

When you click on profile settings you will be able to see your first name, last name and email address. You can change your name here if you want. But your email cannot be changed or edited.

You can also change your password according to your requirement.

Coming back to My Projects…

You can filter projects under the Organizations if you want. And the Search Bar allows you to find a specific app easily.

In this guide, we are going to select the A1_Express (Online Shopping) to move forward.

It includes 6 sections - Analytics, Datasets, App Users, User Groups, Push Notifications and Media.

The sidebar can be collapsed according to your liking.

Here you can view the analytics for your app screens and posts.

Learn more about Analytics

Click on the Content section

A secondary bar will open to display the available Datasets. All dataset items that have been added to each dataset in the Appspotr CMS will be visible here as well.

Add Item to a dataset

Location - You can either search for the specific location or move the pin to the required location

Image - You can either select from the image list or upload a new image from your local device

Schedule Publishing - You can schedule the publishing time of the dataset, the Publish On time is mandatory but the Unpublish On time is optional. (This option will only be available if you have turned on Scheduling for the app in the Appspotr CMS)

Notify Users - Is option is available to manage Push Notification. (This option will only be available if you have turned on Push Notifications for the app in the Appspotr CMS)

If you want to discard the dataset that you have been creating, you can just go back and click on Discard Draft.

Edit Dataset item

Once you have published a dataset item, you can edit it if you want.

You have to click on the required item and you will be directed to the ‘fields view’ where you can do changes. Once you have done the changes, you can save and publish the dataset item.

If you want to send a push notification on existing content, you can open the relevant item and click the ‘Send Push’ button to send a push notification.

Then you will be navigated to the Push Notification Details form where you can edit or customize the details related to the notification.

(Please see the Push Notification section of this guide to get further information)

Favourite a dataset

You can mark a dataset as favorite by hovering over it and clicking on the star (this will only be saved in the local storage of the device). Favourite datasets will appear at the top of the list always.

Export Dataset

You can easily export your content lists to an Excel file by clicking on ‘Export’

And it will be downloaded to your device where you can access or review it offline.

Learn more about Content

Click on App Users from the side bar.

Add User

Select Groups: Only the custom groups will be shown here. If the groups are not selected it will automatically select Anonymous Group

The new user will be added to the User List.

Click on the required user and click on Reset Password

Click on the required user and click on Delete

Learn more about App Users

Click on User Groups from the side bar

Create Group

The New User group will appear on the User Group List

Once you click on a User Group you can view all the users inside of it.

If you want you can remove users by clicking on Remove here.

To Archive or Delete the group, you can click on Group Settings.

Learn more about User Groups

This option will only be available if you have configured Push Notifications from the Appspotr CMS

Click on Push Notifications from the side bar.

Create New Push Notification

Here you can select from ‘Send to all app users’, ‘Send to a specific group(s) of your app’ and ‘Send to a specific user(s) of your app’

Send to all app users - The push notification will be sent to everyone who uses the app

Send to a specific group(s) of your app - By turning on this option you can pick one or multiple user groups(have been defined earlier) for the push notification

Using Mapped Push Notifications

To use mapped push notifications on Content Manager you have to first map them on CMS.

Click on Content Click on the relevant dataset item

Click on Create Push Notification

Fill the details required for the push notification

Once you toggle the View Linked Notification, you will be able to see the push mapping template already selected, If there is only one push mapping template. The content item (row) selection will be up to the content manager user’s discretion. It determines the data that will be displayed to app users when they click on the push notification when it is received in the app. The row selection is mandatory in the content manger if the selected push template has been configured, to require row data, by the app builder

You can do the same process through the Push Notifications tab as well.

Learn more about push notifications

Click on Media from the side bar

Upload Media

You can select to add media from Camera, Gallery or Files if you are using the iPad App. And if you are using the Web Application, you can select relevant media from your computer.

Here you have the preview option to view a media. You can click on an image or file to preview it.

You can filter the media by clicking on the All Media drop down.

Learn more about Media