> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stage.systems/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Opening the admin

> Where the admin is, how to sign in, what the two roles can do, and what each part of the screen is for.

## Where it is

Add `/admin` to your site's address. That one page is the whole admin. Search engines do not index it, and none of its code is on your public pages.

## Signing in

* **Sign in with Google**, or with an email and password where that is set up for your site.
* **Invited?** The invitation link opens the admin and asks you to set a password first. A password reset works the same way.
* **No access yet?** Press **Request access**. The site's admins are emailed and can approve you from Settings. Approval sends you an invitation.

Access is per site. You can be an admin of one site and an editor of another.

## Roles

| Role       | Can                                                                                              |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Editor** | Edit and publish content, articles, forms and media. Run campaigns. Read analytics and the Inbox |
| **Admin**  | All of that, plus manage the team, approve access requests, and change settings                  |

## The screen

| Area                | What it is for                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Top bar**         | Switching tools: **Performance** (analytics), **Website** (the editor), **Campaign** (social posting, where enabled), **Content** (media). On the right: who else is here, your avatar, and **Settings** |
| **The middle**      | Your site, live                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Bottom-left bar** | Editing. It reads **Edit** when idle. While editing: **Cancel** and **Publish** for a page, or **Done** and **Publish** for an article or form                                                           |
| **Request**         | Beside the edit bar. Notes with pins for the team who built the site                                                                                                                                     |

<Note>
  **Enquiries** (the Inbox) appears in the top bar once your first form response or message arrives. Until then it is under Settings, then Beta.
</Note>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart" href="/getting-started/quickstart">
    Make one edit and publish it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Team and private sites" href="/editing/team-and-access">
    Invite people, set roles, approve requests.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>