= [[Tag(AdministrationLogin)]] =
'''Video: '''[[File(20090316-login_as_an_administrator.mp4)]]

<p>Users access the site through the [http://yourhub.hubzero.org/ front end]
. Administrators access the site through a [http://yourhub.hubzero.org/administrator control panel]. The following steps show how to login as a 'Super Administrator' in order to access yourHUB's control panel. The control panel is a back end interface used to monitor and control yourHUB's services.</p>

<p>This first tutorial in the HubAdministrationGuide is brief and to the point. </p>

== [[Tag(ControlPanel)]] ==
<p>The URL for yourHUB's back end interface is http://yourhub.hubzero.org/administrator. You must substitute "yourhub.hubzero.org" with the domain name of your site. In other words, if your site is http://example.com, then your back end interface URL would be http://example.com/administrator.</p>

<p>Open your URL in a web browser. At the "Joomla! Administration Login" prompt, type your username and password combination; then click "Login".</p>

[[Image(administrator_login.png, nolink)]]
[[Image(control_panel.png, nolink)]]


== [[Tag(SuperAdministrator)]] ==
<p>If your account possesses administrator privileges, you will be granted access; otherwise access will be denied. Always remember to logout when you are through with the control panel.</p>

[[Image(logged_in_users.png, nolink)]]