Navigating the Dashboard
A clear guide to Content Lion’s dashboard to help users confidently navigate and manage their Manes and Den controls.
✨ Welcome to Your Dashboard
Once you’ve logged in successfully, this is your main hub for managing your Den-level tools.
Let’s walk through the key parts of the interface so you can get oriented and ready to dive in!
🌅 Overview of Interface
The image below is numbered with arrows (1–5), each pointing to a specific part of the dashboard interface. We’ll walk through each of these sections in detail below so you know exactly what you’re looking at and how to use it.
🧭 1. Collapsible Left Sidebar
This button opens and closes the left sidebar, which appears across most areas of the platform (DAM, Repositories, Profile, Sitebuilder, etc.). Wherever it appears, it functions the same, toggling the sidebar content on that side of the screen.
🧢 2. Environment Switcher
At the top, you’ll see the name of your current Mane. If you have access to multiple Manes, click the dropdown to switch between them.
🏠 3. Home Button
Click this to return to the homepage from anywhere in the platform
🧰 4. Control Panel
The control panel is the “command center” of the system, you’ll find links to configure settings, manage users and content and perform maintenance tasks under this section.
If you’re a Den Admin, you’ll have access to Den Controls. You are in Den Controls when the left navigation bar appears gray. This differs from the black/red sidebar shown when working directly within a Mane (e.g., DAM, Repositories, Sites).
Here’s what you’ll find in Den Controls:
1️⃣ Mane Overview: See all active Manes within your Den (e.g., Austin Farm Sanctuary)
2️⃣ User Management: Add/remove users, assign roles, and manage permissions
3️⃣ Migration Tools: One-click migration from OCM to Content Lion
4️⃣ Den Profile: Update company and system admin details
Within your Mane, the available Mane Controls are different. Visibility of these sections varies based on your role within the Mane:
1️⃣ Asset Repositories: See all digital assets and content items used across your organization’s content experiences
2️⃣ Sites Section: Create, manage, and publish websites that are built using content in your asset repositories
3️⃣ Content Section: Area where you define the rules and structure that control how content is created and organized. Here, you can define content types, manage repositories and publishing channels, and set up taxonomies
4️⃣ Developer Section: Provides the tools and resources needed to build and connect to third-party applications, embed Content Lion, create item layouts for components, and configure access for gated sites
👤 5. Profile Menu (Top Right)
Click your user icon to sign out, or to view your name and login email.
✅ That’s Your Dashboard!
You now know your way around the Content Lion dashboard. Whether you're managing one Mane or the entire Den, this is your central command center.
Next up, let’s walk through your Initial Setup and get your team and content up and running.