Take a Site Online or Offline

When a site is online, users with proper access can view it with a standard web browser at a designated address (URL). When a site is offline, the site isn’t available for public viewing. You can view the site only in Oracle Content and Experience Cloud.

A status icon to the right of the site name shows if the site is online or offline .

For information on who can access an online or offline site, see Understand Site Security.

To change the status of a site, you must be the site owner or have the manager role, or, if site governance is enabled, site administrators can change the status of any site.

1. On the Sites page, select the site from the list.
2. Click Change Status in the menu bar or click the status icon.
   You’re prompted to confirm your choice.
3. Click Confirm to proceed and then click OK.
   The status icon changes to and includes text updates as the site is queued and published. The status icon changes to when the site is online.

When you make a site online, a fully rendered HTML version of the site is created and copied to the hosting location in Oracle Cloud. An online site shows its URL below the site name. The format of the default URL is:

https://service_name.identity_domain.sites.oraclecloud.com/site_name

When you take a site offline, the site and its folders and files are removed from the hosting location in Oracle Cloud.