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title: Navigate the CMS
description: The Content Management System (CMS) navigation makes it easy to find, organise and schedule your media. The following article outlines how to navigate the various areas of the interface.
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# Navigate the CMS

## The Content Management System (CMS) navigation makes it easy to find, organise and schedule your media. The following article outlines how to navigate the various areas of the interface.

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### **Navigation Bar**

Along the top of the interface, there are various menu options for the CMS.

1. **Hamburger Menu:** expands and collapses the sidebar.
2. **Account:** menu options to **Change Password**, **Change Client** and **Log Out**.
3. **Recent Activity:** displays the following activities (sorted in order of time):
   
     - Users logging in.
     - Creation or deletion of a Media Item, Playlist or Channel.
     - Modification of a Media Item, Playlist, Channel or Screen.

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Clicking on an entry in the **Recent Activity** dropdown will open the relevant area in the CMS.

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### Sidebar navigation

All content management and configuration pages to navigate the CMS live along the side of the interface.

1. **Dashboard:** change Default Channelsand Emergency Channelsand view lists of all the active Channels, Playlists and Media in your Client Network.
2. **Media:** upload and configureMedia Items.
3. **Playlists:** create collections of your Media Items.
4. **Channels:** create and manage Schedules.
5. **Screens:** manage and configure Screen settings.
6. **Locations:** create and manage the locations of your client network.
7. **Templates:** create all your Screen layouts and media windows.
8. **User Guide:** opens a new tab in your browser, where the relevant documentation for the CMS lives.

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