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Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.
Access the Home screen
Main Page > User manual > UM-2 Getting started > UM-2.1 Access the home screen
1. Open your web browser and type in the url of the web-server hosting your ICA-AtoM application. This takes you to your application's home screen.
2. On opening, ICA-AtoM displays the home screen in the default language of your application. In the [[Language menu}language menu]], the current language is always underlined.
- For switching languages, see UM-2.5 Switching language view.
- For changing the default source language in the system settings, see UM-7.3 Administer ICA-AtoM > Customize settings.
3. On opening, ICA-AtoM provides view-only access, so that any user can immediately begin searching or browsing the contents of the application, using the search box or browse box.
- For searching and browsing, see in this manual UM-4 Accessing content.
4. The Home screen provides a welcome message that can be customized by the administrator. The [welcome message that ships with ICA-AtoM includes a link to this user manual wiki.
- For customizing the welcome message, see UM-7.3 Administer ICA-AtoM > Customize settings.
5. Click the help link in the system menu to open the user manual wiki.
6. To add or edit content, you must have a user account and log in.
- For logging in, see in this manual: Log in.
- For adding and editing, see in this manual: Add / edit content.
Last revised: 2 June 2008 (ICA-AtoM v0.6).