Adding/Editing a Site
To create a new site:
- Select Administration > Site Functions > Manage Sites from the main navigation.
- Click Add New.
To Edit an Existing Site:
- Highlight the site you want in the list and click Edit.
The Add New /Edit Site model appears:
- Fill in the details of the site in Add New / Edit Site (as noted in the table below) and click Save.
- The site now appears in the Manage Sites screen.
| Property | Description/Instructions |
|---|---|
| Name | This is the short name for your site that will appear on the drop-down Site Switch Menu in iAPPS. Examples might include language and or country, such as Canadian Site or Simplified Chinese site. |
| URL(s) | This is the preferred URL for the site, such as www.fr-CA.company.com, For this and all URLs, both an IIS Site and DNS (Domain Name Service) for any URLs need to be set up before continuing. Until the site is live, local iAPPS users may also need to set up host entries. |
| Additional URLs | Comma-separated list that should include any alternative URLs, such as staging sites or sites you want redirected to the primary URL. Both an IIS Site and DNS (Domain Name Service) for any URLs need to be set up before continuing. Until the site is live, local iAPPS users may also need to set up host entries. |
| Description | Optional description of the site. |
| Groups | Check the boxes next to any groups you would like the site be associated with. If you would like to add a new group, click Edit Groups. See more on Groups below. Note that these groups are unrelated to groups that are used to assign website and iAPPS users permissions on the site. |
| Enable Translation | If you wish to use iAPPS' third-party translation features or use translation as a step in the workflow process, check this box. |
| UI Culture/Default Translate language | This is the language that the iAPPS Admin User Interface will use. You can also use this language as the default language for translation features. |
| Login URL | This is the URL that front-end website users (not iAPPS Users) would use to log in to the site, if any is required. |
| Default URL | This is the URL where the user should be directed after logging in. |
| Import Options |
By checking the radio buttons you can choose to only import the menu structure but not its associated pages or to import existing pages or menus. You can import the pages as draft or with the same status as the Master Site. Pages imported as draft will only be visible to administrators. For site data libraries (Content, Images, Files and Forms) you can choose to import the menu structure of those libraries or simply start with a blank library. No library content is imported as all assets on any imported page will initially be linked to the Master Site assets on that page. However, once a user edits content on the variant site, that content or file will be saved to these new Variant Site libraries, which are separated from the Master Site libraries. Note that this is a change from iAPPS v5.0, which had Variant Sites sharing libraries. If you do not import any Master Site content or its site directories when creating the new Variant Site, the libraries will be completely separate. Otherwise, content in Site Variants will be tied to the original content in the Master Site, even after being renamed.
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| Field | Description |
| Name | The Name that will appear in the Switch Site drop-down in the iAPPS Admin |
| URL(s) | URL of the new multisite or sites. |
| Specify directory where site will be located | This should point to physical path of libraries folder. (PublicSite.PhysicalPath in the front end web.config) |
| Enable Translation | User’s choice (Note: this may require third party account with Clay Tablet.) |
| UI Culture | User’s choice (Note: the UI culture in IIS will need to match whatever culture is chosen.) |
If you want the SiteId of your new site, it can be obtained by highlighting the new site name in the Manage Sites Grid and pressing CTRL+ALT+G.
