Before Going Live, Do These Two Things

On first launch, gcms writes a complete product demo so you can see the full site. Before going live, clean up security settings and demo data first; writing posts can wait.

First: change the default password

The default account is for first-run onboarding and must not stay in production. Go to Settings → Security, enter the current password and a new one. The system accepts 6 characters as a minimum, but treat that as the floor and use a longer random password. Save, then log in again to confirm.

Second: decide what to do with demo data

If you want to reshape the gcms product demo into your own official site, click Reload Product Demo. It restores the latest sample structure, then you can replace site name, navigation, posts, links and pages.

If your own content is ready, click Clear Demo Data Only. It removes built-in posts, pages, links, categories and sample navigation, but keeps the admin account, password, logo, uploads, theme and base settings.

Pre-launch checklist

• Default admin password changed;
• Homepage, About and Get Started pages no longer use demo copy;
• Resource links point to your own project entries;
• BASE_URL is set to the production domain (see step 3 of the full three-step deployment);
• A restorable backup exists: an exported database copy or the .db copied with any -wal and -shm after stopping the service (not a .db file copied while gcms was running), plus uploads and config.