Creating a New Site Connection

To create a Web site, you must create a site connection that is used to connect to, and update, the Web site on the content server. If this is the first time you have opened Designer, you are automatically taken to this dialog.

To create a site connection, perform these tasks:

1. Click the Site Connection Manager icon in the Site toolbar (or select File, then Site, and then Connection Manager) to open the Site Connection Manager dialog. For more information, see Site Connection Manager Dialog.

Site Connection Manager icon

2. Click New to open the Site Connection Details dialog. For more information, see Site Connection Details Dialog.

3. In the Server Cgi URL text box, enter the Cgi URL address of the content server that hosts your site.

   Rather than type the complete address of your server, you can choose an address in the menu (replacing <server> with the name of your server).

   The default address, "http://<server>/stellent/idcplg", is for Content Server versions 7.x, 10gR3, and 10gR4. The two other addresses available from the drop-down list are for legacy versions: "http://<server>/intradoc-cgi/idc_cgi_isapi.dll" for Windows, and "http://<server>/intradoc-cgi/nph-idc_cgi.exe" for UNIX.

4. Click Connect. You may be prompted to enter your login credentials.

5. Click New to create a site on the content server.

   The Create New Site dialog appears (see Create New Site Dialog).

   Or, to create a site connection using an existing Web site on the server, choose it from the list of names beside "Site Label," and then skip to step 10.

6. Enter an ID for the Web site. (The ID is used throughout your site, for example, in the Web site URL and in the metadata for the files referenced by the site.)

7. Enter a Name for the Web site. (The name appears in Designer and the "Web Sites" menu in the content server. It can be a friendly name with spaces and special characters, if you like.)

8. Choose hcsp/jsp as the type. (The site type governs other scripting choices in Designer, in particular, the scripting format for page templates and fragments.)

   
   

   Important: You can create a site using JSP or ASP. However, only sites created with HCSP can take advantage of the features introduced with 10gR4. In other words, JSP and ASP sites behave as pre-10gR4 sites.

   
   
   
   

   Note: You cannot change the ID or Type after you close this dialog.

   
   

9. Click OK to return to the Site Connection Details dialog.

10. Site Studio automatically inserts a connection name, which you see when you connect to your site in Designer (the Site Hierarchy menu and the Recent Sites menu). You may use this name or enter a different one.

11. Click OK to return to the Site Connection Manager.

12. Check Automatically connect when done (if it is not already checked), and then click Done.

    Designer opens the site from the content server and download the available fragments that are stored there. Your Web site displays in the Site Hierarchy pane.

Web site in Site Hierarchy page