If you have installed a preview server, the Preview button is available in Site Administration. Previewing a site consists of previewing the site homepage and navigating to other pages from the homepage. When sites are created or modified, you can review them in Preview mode, which shows what would be presented to a given user on a specific page of a particular website.
Your site developers must create a preview URL properties file and identify the name value for each page that can serve as a homepage for your application. For information on creating the URL properties file, refer to the Configuring URLs section.
Note: It is important that site administrators work with site developers to identify which preview URLs map to the home page for the preview site.
For information on configuring a preview server, refer to the ATG Business Control Center Administration and Development Guide. For information on using the preview server in the Business Control Center, refer to the ATG Business Control Center User's Guide.
The ATG preview functionality requires that you select three parameters:
Preview User – The preview is based on a user and will display the site and landing page as it will look like for this user. The users who can be selected for the Preview User parameter are defined by your site developer.
Preview Site – Displays the sites that can be previewed.
Preview Landing Page – This is the JSP to preview. Pages that are capable of being previewed have an associated preview URL Properties file that contains preview information.
To preview a site:
Open the Business Control Center.
Select Site Administration.
Select the Site Assets link.
Enter the name of a project and click Continue.
Select a site to preview.
Click the Preview As button and select the user, site and landing page from the dropdown menus.
Click Launch to preview the site.
