Site Studio can identify a Web site using a folder address, a domain address, or a combination of both. The Administrator can specify a domain, a folder, or a combination to map to a particular Web site.
A folder-based site, using a folder address, uses only the folder to identify a site. An example of this would be www.example.com/SiteStudio, where the folder SiteStudio identifies the specific site on the domain.
A domain-based site uses simply a domain to identify a site. Examples would be www.example.com, or sales.example.com. The domain identifies the site.
The combination of both uses a domain and a folder (or any number of folders). Common examples of this are to use language folders, such as www.example.com/en/ or www.example.com/fr/.
You can set a Web site address for a Site Studio Web site on the Site Studio Administration page on the content server.
A domain address requires additional DNS configuration that the site manager or site administrator must perform.
Domain addresses are usually easier to remember for people to remember when accessing a site than folder addresses are. Adding domain addresses can then make your site easier to access.
To add a Web site address, perform these steps:
Log in to the content server as an administrator.
In the Administration section, select Site Studio Administration.
The Site Studio Administration page is displayed (see "Site Studio Administration"). If you run Content Server in the Top Menus layout, you do not see this page. Instead, all administration options are then items in the Site Studio Administration menu.
Click Manage Web Site Addresses.
The Web Site Addresses page is displayed (see "Web Site Addresses Page").
Note:
You can also use the Site Address dialog in Site Studio Designer to configure domain addresses.Select a Web site and enter an address. When entering domain addresses, do not enter the connection (for example, http:// or https://)
Click Add.
The Web site address is displayed at the top of the page.
When web addresses for the Web sites have been entered, a default web address for a given Web site can be selected, and an existing default web address can be removed as the default. The default web address is the first address listed when Web sites are listed in Site Studio.
Selecting a Default Web Address
To make a Web site address as the default, perform these steps:
Log in to the content server as an administrator.
In the Administration section, select Site Studio Administration.
The Site Studio Administration page is displayed (see "Site Studio Administration").
Click Manage Web Site Addresses.
The Web Site Addresses page is displayed (see "Web Site Addresses Page"). If you run Content Server in the Top Menus layout, you do not see this page. Instead, all administration options are then items in the Site Studio Administration menu.
In the list of Web site addresses, click the actions icon next to the address.
From the menu, select Select as Default Web Address.
The default web address is displayed in bold.
Deselecting a Default Web Address
To deselect a Web site address as the default, perform these steps:
Log in to the content server as an administrator.
In the Administration section, select Site Studio Administration.
The Site Studio Administration page is displayed (see "Site Studio Administration"). If you run Content Server in the Top Menus layout, you do not see this page. Instead, all administration options are then items in the Site Studio Administration menu.
Click Manage Web Site Addresses.
The Web Site Addresses page is displayed (see "Web Site Addresses Page").
In the list of Web site addresses, click the actions icon next to the address.
From the menu, select Deselect as Default Web Address.
The default web address is no longer displayed in bold.
When a Web site address is no longer useful, it can be removed.
To remove a Web site address, perform these steps:
Log in to the content server as an administrator.
In the Administration section, select Site Studio Administration.
The Site Studio Administration page is displayed (see "Site Studio Administration"). If you run Content Server in the Top Menus layout, you do not see this page. Instead, all administration options are then items in the Site Studio Administration menu.
Click Manage Web Site Addresses.
The Web Site Addresses page is displayed (see "Web Site Addresses Page").
In the list of Web site addresses, click the actions icon next to the address to be removed.
From the menu, select Remove Site Address.
The Web site address is no longer included in the list.