Hi all, I'm really, really sorry if this is obvious, but I've searched all over but to no avail!
I just installed the latest version of Silverstripe CMS (v 2.3.1) and cannot begin to describe how impressed I am with it. The sheer usability of the whole thing is amazing. Miles ahead of the other Open Source CMS options out there. Top notch!
However, when I was browsing the Silverstripe site I also loved the look of Sapphire (at http://www.silverstripe.org/sapphire/) for the whole design side of things, and it looks like it runs perfectly in tandem with Silverstripe. As stated on the site it suggests installing Silverstripe first to get to grips with that side of the CMS thing, which I've done and have got around the custom whole template thing. Now that I'm enjoying what I've seen I would like to dabble in Sapphire, however I don't know where to begin to start even accessing Sapphire. I've seen the Sapphire files in the installation via FTP but I cannot find a way of using Sapphire! I'm sure the answer is going to embarrass me beyond belief but any help of where to begin or any pointers for Sapphire beginners would be much appreciated!
I'm experienced in XHTML/CSS and JavaScript and am becoming more and more comfortable with PHP (I'd say I'm a little more than intermediate with that language). Have also worked with Perl/CGI and a little ASP. I'm used to hand coding sites from start to finish using Notepad (never touch WYSIWYG's like Dreamweaver etc. - very fussy about neat code!). I design the front-ends too using Photoshop CS so would love it if Sapphire is for me as far as saving snippets of code for future projects and so forth, once site layout is done.
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
David