---
title: Administration Panel
short_title: Admin Panel
---

Remember when we said there was no complex administration panel? Well, we kinda
lied. Only not really, since the one that comes with PieCrust is super simple
and, of course, completely optional. That's why we're only bringing it up here.

![Administration Panel]({{assets.dashboard}})

To run the administration panel, type:

```
$ chef admin run
 * Running on http://localhost:8090/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

```

Now copy paste the specified URL (`http://localhost:8090/`) into your favorite
browser's address bar and you should see "FoodTruck", PieCrust's administrative
panel.

The navigation menu on the left should have:

* The dashboard.
* One entry for each of your page sources.
* An interface to publish your website.

## The Dashboard

This is where you can see a summary of your website, with links to see your list
of already existing content.

If your website content is also stored in a version control system, you can see
what's currently edited in the "_Work in Progress_" section.

> Right now, FoodTruck only supports Mercurial for source control.


## Page Sources

For each source, you can list the existing pages:

![Page Sources]({{assets.listsrc}})

Clicking on any link will let you edit that page.

You can also create a new page by clicking the appropriate entry in the left
navigation menu. You'll have to fill up information similar to what you specify
to the `chef prepare` command:

![New Page]({{assets.writenew}})

Once you created a page, or click a link for an existing one, you can edit the
page:

![Edit Page]({{assets.edit}})

Note that if your website is stored in a VCS, you'll have the ability to commit
the page file if you want, but using the dropdown on the "_Save_" button:

![Commit Page]({{assets.commit}})


## Publishing

You also have a UI for running your publish targets. The descriptions shown for
each target are taken from a `description` entry in their configuration
settings.

![Publish]({{assets.publish}})

Clicking any "_Execute_" button will publish your website using the
corresponding target. You'll see some notifications popup on the bottom right to
indicate the progress of the operation.