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Getting started

This page shows how to open the system, sign in, find your way and sign out.

Open the website

  1. Open your web browser. For example, Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
  2. Type the website address in the long box at the top of the browser. Your company gives you this address.
  3. Press the Enter key on your keyboard.
  4. You will see the Welcome back page.

The Welcome back page where you sign in

Sign in

Before you start

You need an email address and a password. Your Super Admin or your company gives them to you.

  1. Click the Email box. Type your email address.

    Close-up: the Email box

    The full screen. The red box shows the Email box.

  2. Click the Password box. Type your password. You will see dots, not letters. This is normal.

    Close-up: the Password box

    The full screen. The red box shows the Password box.

  3. Click the green Sign in button.

    Close-up: the Sign in button

    The full screen. The red box shows the Sign in button.

  4. You will now see your Dashboard.

The pictures show a demo manager called Sofia Lane. Type your own email.

If you forgot your password

  1. Click Forgot password? under the Password box.

  2. A red message says Password reset is not currently available.

    Close-up: Forgot password? and the red message

    The full screen. The red box shows Forgot password? and the red message.

  3. You cannot change your password here. Please ask your Super Admin or your company's main office for a new password.

Find your way: the menu

The menu is on the left side of every page. Click a word in the menu to open that page.

The menu on the left side of the screen

This is what each button in your menu does:

Button What it is for
Dashboard work waiting for your approval, questions and deadlines
Companies the companies you look after
Board every requirement in your companies, and where it is now
New Requirement ask the design team for new work
Import from Excel ask for many pieces of work at once from a spreadsheet
Calendar see posting dates by day
Asset Library find files and links added to requirements
Notifications your messages from the system

At the bottom of the menu you see your name and your role (Social Media Manager).

Make the menu smaller

Click the small round arrow on the right edge of the menu. The menu becomes thin and shows only pictures. This gives you more space. Click the arrow again to make it wide.

Close-up: the small round arrow on the edge of the menu

To go back to your first page at any time, click the APIDEL name at the top left, or click Dashboard in the menu.

Sign out

  1. Look at the bottom of the menu on the left.

  2. Click Return to Hub.

    Close-up: the Return to Hub button

    The full screen. The red box shows the Return to Hub button.

  3. You are now signed out. The system takes you back to the Apidel Hub page.

Using a shared computer?

Always click Return to Hub when you finish. Then nobody else can use your account.