Project Files

Project files are XML files that store all information about a Site Studio Web site on the content server. In fact, when you connect to a Web site in Site Studio Designer, you essentially connect to its project file on the content server. Project files should never be edited outside of Site Studio Designer or Manager!

Project files store lots of site-related information including:

• Site hierarchy

• Properties of each site section (including associated page templates, region templates, and content files, and custom section properties)

• Explicit data file associations (that is, what content files are used where in the site?)

• Mappings of placeholder names to placeholder definitions

• Items in the asset pane (including how they are categorized)