Site Addressing

Like any Web site, in Site Studio you must associate an address with your Web site so that you, contributors, and visitors can locate the site with a web browser.

There are two kinds of addresses that you can use: a domain name address and a folder name address. A domain name address looks something like "http://www.mycompany.com" (where "www.mycompany.com" is the domain name), and a folder name address looks something like "http://UserPC/mysite" (where "UserPC" is the name of the computer hosting the site and "mysite" is the ID of the site).

When you first set up your site in Designer, you have a folder name address, which comprises the name of the hosting computer and the site ID. This address works well for internal purposes, such as a departmental Web site or a demonstration site. However, if you intend to make the site publicly available on the Internet, you should configure one or more domain names and point them to the site.

These topics cover site addressing in greater detail: