Getting started
Welcome to AstroBaaS
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Admin You are looking at AstroBaaS — the CMS running this site. This post came with the installation, so edit or delete it once you have had a look around.
What it is
One program that runs your website and stores everything it needs. There is no separate database server to install, no build step to publish a post, and no hosting account required. It runs on a small server you control.
What you can do right now
- Write. The editor is under Posts — headings, lists, links and images, with autosave and full revision history, so you can always roll back.
- Add pictures. Every image you upload is converted to WebP and stripped of its hidden data, including GPS location, before it is stored.
- Sell things. Products, stock, orders, customers, shipping and tax are built in, not an add-on.
- Invite people. Five roles, from full administrator down to a shop manager who runs the catalogue but cannot change your settings.
- Change how it looks. Themes and plugins install from the admin, most without a restart.
Where your content lives
In your own database and your own uploads folder, on your own server. You can back the whole site up as a single file from Tools, and nothing is sent anywhere unless you configure it to be.
Two things worth doing first
- Change your password. The dashboard will keep reminding you until you do.
- Set your site name and address under Settings, so links, search-engine listings and feeds point at the right place.
If you would rather use AstroBaaS as a backend for a site you build yourself, it does that too — the next two posts cover it.