To create a public-facing website that makes full use of iParts and SOA, it is easiest to copy an existing sample site, such as Member, and change it to meet your needs.
When you copy a website, the site navigation and content records are copied to the new site.
1. (Important) From Site Designer > Manage websites, select the website you plan to copy and review the following fields before you proceed:
□ From the Properties tab, make sure the folder selected for the Website-specific parent content folder field contains the content unique to this website. Only the content in this site-specific folder will be copied. Any content shared with another website should be placed in a separate, shared folder.
□ From the Look and Feel tab, the Folder containing template content is normally a sub-folder of the parent folder. If the template content (footer area, header logo, etc) is stored in a different folder, be sure to select that folder instead.
2. Copy a website:
□ From the Organize menu, select Copy.
□ Select the folder where you want to paste the new website.
□ From the Organize menu, select Paste.
□ Enter the Name of the new website. Do not use special characters or punctuation.
Note: During the copy process, Content Codes are cleared from content records because this code must be unique for each content record. A warning message displays a list of the content records where the Content Code was cleared. See the log files for details.
3. Copy an out-of-the-box theme and master page to be unique to your new site.
Note: The themes change and develop with every iMIS update. To avoid losing your changes, be sure to work from a copy of the theme. Creating a copy of a theme also ensures that you do not compromise your ability to fall back to an original that works. Follow these steps to copy a theme, which is far easier than creating one from scratch.
□ From the Look and Feel tab, select the master page and theme that is the best match for the look that you want for your new site.
□ Locate the theme folder (such as \Aspen), which defaults to C:\Program Files\ASI\iMIS\Net\App_Themes.
□ Copy, paste, and rename \Aspen to your new site name (\ABC).
□ Locate the master page (such as Forest.master), which defaults to C:\Program Files\ASI\iMIS\Net\Templates\MasterPages
□ Copy, paste, and rename Forest.master to your new site name (ABC.master).
4. Edit your site to use your new theme files.
□ Select Site designer > Manage websites and highlight your site (ABC).
□ Edit the site Look and Feel to point to your new theme files:
■ MasterPage/Template: select ABC
■ Theme: select ABC
□ Select Save.
5. Publish the website:
□ Select the newly copied website and select Publish.
6. Publish the content folders:
□ In Content Designer, select Manage content.
□ Select the content folder of the copied website.
□ Select Publish. As each folder and content records are published, the status will change from PublishPending to Published.
□ After all content folders are published, log off and close the browser.
7. If the website you copied contains URL shortcuts, be sure to review the shortcuts in the new website to see if new shortcuts need to be added. For example, when you select the iMIS logo in the Member site, the page is redirected to the shared Member Home content record. When you make a copy of the Member site and you select the iMIS logo from the new site, you will be redirected to the same shared Member Home content record. To resolve this, create a new shortcut for the new website that points to your new Member Home.