The New site wizard guides you through the process of creating a new web site. You can start it in Site manager -> Sites -> New site wizard.
In the first step, you need to enter some basic site settings:
Site display name |
The name of the site displayed to the users. Example: My new web site |
Site code name |
The name of the site used in the code. Example: mynewweb |
Domain |
The main domain of the web site. Use domain name without http:// protocol and without www. If you use other port than 80, specify it as well.
Correct: mycompany.com partners.mycompany.com mycompany.com:8080
Incorrect: http://mycompany.com www.mycompany.com
Please note: if you use several domain names that point to the same web site, you will be able to specify them later as "domain aliases". |
Default culture |
The default content language used by this web site. |
Click Next to continue. Now you can choose from two options:
| • | Create a new site using a wizard - creates a new blank site and allows you to configure basic structure of the site. |
| • | Use web site template - creates a new site based on the template chosen in the next step. |
Creating a new site using a wizard
Choose Create a new site using a wizard and click Next. Now you need to select the "master" page template. This page template will be used for the root page of your web site and will typically represent the header (e.g. logo with main menu) and footer of the site that will be re-used on all pages. Click on some of the available master templates and click Next.
Please note: you're not limited to pre-defined master page templates. You will be able to fully modify the master page template later.
Now you can quickly design the site map of your site. Click New and create some page, e.g. Home. This page will be listed in the main menu of your web site. You can also create sub-pages at this step. For every page, you need to specify the page template or inherit the template from the parent page.
Please note: you will be able to fully modify the pages later. You can also skip this step if you do not know the site structure yet.
After you finish, click Next. The wizard completes the configuration of your web site and displays a link that opens CMS Desk editing interface with your new web site.
Now you can click the link and preview your new web site.
Creating a new site using a web site template
Choose the Use web site template option and click Next. Now you can choose from the available web templates:
Choose some template and click Next. The wizard completes the configuration of your web site and displays the link to the CMS Desk editing interface with your new web site.
Resolving import conflicts
Please see chapter Resolving import conflicts for details on solving import conflicts when creating a new web site.