Creating a multisite application involves collaboration among business users, system administrators, and site developers:
System administrators create the Site Repository definition and the site categories that are used to define sites in the Site Administration UI, and also configure the resources that can be shared within site groups.
Business users create and manage sites using the Site Administration utility. The settings specified in Site Administration are stored in the Site Repository.
Java and JSP developers code the application in a multisite-aware way.
This chapter provides an overview of creating multisite applications. It includes the following sections: