Viewing and Editing Web Site and Section Properties

You can view all the properties and change certain properties for your site and each section using the Properties pane. This can be useful for managing and editing your site hierarchy.

To view the properties of the site or a section in the site, perform these tasks:

In the Site Hierarchy pane, select the root of the site or the desired section in the site.
Open the Properties pane to view the properties associated with the site and each section.

The properties that are grayed out (dimmed) cannot be changed in the Properties pane. All other properties can be modified directly. The values for each may vary.

Web Site

Property	Definition
Site ID	The ID of the site. This is the unique identifier for the site in the content server. The value also appears in the site address if you use a folder-based address to access the site.
Site Label	The name (and friendlier description) of the Web site. The site label appears in Designer and the "Websites" menu in the content server.
Site Type	The scripting format for the site (HCSP/JSP or ASP).
CgiUrl	The Cgi URL address of the content server that hosts the site.
Error Handler	The name of the section serving as an error handler for the site (see Designating a Section as an Error Handler).
Stopped Site Page	The page that appears when the site is stopped (see Working With Fragments).
Security	Controls the security of the site (see Changing the Security of the Site or a Section).

Note:

You can override the Site ID value by entering a value for "URL Directory Name" with the root of the site selected. This enables you to change the name that appears in a folder-based site address.

Section

Property	Definition
Section ID	The ID of the section (also referred to as a Node ID). This is used by Site Studio to call up a section of the site.
Label	The name that you chose for the section. It displays in the Site Hierarchy pane and your site navigation.
Include in Navigation	If set to True, the section displays in the site navigation. If set to False, the section does not display in the site navigation. See Showing Sections in the Site Navigation.
URL Page Name	The URL that represents the primary page in this section. If you don't specify a name, "index.htm" is used.
URL Directory Name	The URL that represents this section in the Web site address .
Primary Page	The primary page associated with this section.
Primary Page Params	If the primary page contains a contribution region, the name of that region and the contributor data file assigned to it, display here.
Secondary Page	The secondary page associated with this section.
Secondary Page Params	If the secondary page contains a contribution region, the name of that region and the contributor data file assigned to it, display here.
Replaceable Region	If the page template contains a replaceable region, the name of that region displays here.
Contributor-Only Section	If set to True, the section displays in the site navigation when the web page is viewed in contribution mode. When set to False, the section always appears on the site.
Max Age (caching)	Specifies a maximum amount of time that the primary page can be cached. This option is useful for setting up a reverse proxy cache for your site.
Max Age Secondary	Specifies a maximum amount of time that the secondary page can be cached. This option is useful for setting up a reverse proxy cache for your site.
Security	Controls the security of the section (see Changing the Security of the Site or a Section).

Note:

The name used for secondary pages (the equivalent to "URL Page Name") is derived from the content ID (dDocName) of the data file or native document appearing on that page.

Custom Section Properties

If you've created one or more custom section properties in your site hierarchy, you see this third category of properties. When you create a custom section property, you can specify a unique value for each section in the site hierarchy and then refer to that property in your page templates and fragments. (See Defining Custom Properties for a Section.)