Application administrators of the Pages application first need to give users/roles/groups this ability as detailed here.
Once users have this ability, they will see the 'add new site' button on the front end of Pages (Application > Pages)
When creating a new site, the option to start from scratch or to copy a site that already exists will appear:
Creating a new site
Proceeding with this option, the screen below will appear:
The site creator can fill out the following fields to establish the site. These can be edited at any time after the Site's creation.
- Site title: The name that will appear for this Site in the Pages application (Application > Pages)
- Address: The URL of the Site (this will autopopulate once a title is entered)
- Show title checkbox: If selected, the title bar will appear on the Site homepage
- Show site navigation checkbox: Decide if any subpages added onto the site should be shown at the top of the site homepage and toggle accordingly.
- Homepage title: The title that can be set to appear at the top of the Site homepage.
- Permissions: Add the users/roles/groups based on the access you want them to have to the Site and its pages. The site creator will automatically populate in the box. More information to assist your choices is here.
Generally, 'All registered' can be given only 'view' permissions. Anyone who should be able to edit or delete pages within this site can also be given 'add/edit', and administrators the highest level with 'manage site', as shown here:
- Cover: The image uploaded here will appear in Pages for the Site (Application > Pages); otherwise, a default image is given.
When ready, click 'Create Site' to apply.
The site landing area is shown:
A site homepage has been created automatically and can be edited straight away:
Once you have made all the edits required, consider linking your page in the main menu to bring it more easily to users' attention and assist their navigation.
For other functions that can be performed in the site landing area, see this guide.
Start from an existing site
Select the 'Start from existing site' option and click 'create site' to continue.
A pop-up will appear as below:
- Select site: From the dropdown, choose the existing site that you want to duplicate
- Copy permissions check box: Toggle this to decide whether the permissions from the site being duplicated should also be copied or not. There will be an opportunity to edit these on the next screen even if it's selected to copy.
When ready click 'Create site' to apply.
The next screen allows the copied properties to be edited before creating the site:
- Site title: The name that will appear for this Site in the Pages application (Application > Pages)
- Address: The URL of the Site (this will autopopulate based on the title entered)
- Show title checkbox: If selected, the title bar will appear on the Site homepage
- Show site navigation checkbox: Decide if any subpages added onto the site should be shown at the top of the site homepage and toggle accordingly.
- Homepage title: The title that can be set to appear at the top of the Site homepage.
- Permissions: Add the users/roles/groups based on the access you want them to have to the Site and its pages. If the permissions were copied, they will appear here and can be edited. The site creator will automatically populate in the box. More information to assist your choices is here.
Generally, 'All registered' can be given only 'view' permissions. Anyone who should be able to edit or delete pages within this site can also be given 'add/edit', and administrators the highest level with 'manage site', as shown here:
- Cover: The image uploaded here will appear in Pages for the Site (Application > Pages); otherwise, a default image is given.
The site landing area is shown:
All pages and links that existed on the site copied from are listed and can be edited as required.
Consider linking your page in the main menu to bring it more easily to users' attention and assist their navigation.
For other functions that can be performed in the site landing area, see this guide.
