These fields control the properties of the navigation items within each sitemap defined in the system.
■ Open Site designer > Manage sitemaps, select a sitemap from the drop-down list, then create (New > Website Navigation Item) or select and Edit a navigation item.
Tip: The Access Settings security options are the same throughout iMIS (see Using Access Settings). For best performance, use Preconfigured security sets.
Tips
■ Choose which sitemap to edit by using the drop-down list above the sitemap tree.
■ | Red bars next to navigation items indicate a Working state (unpublished).
■ Drag and drop navigation items in the sitemap tree to reorganize them.
□ Child position: Drop navigation item A onto nav item B to make A subordinate to B (A becomes a child of B, and B is the parent of A).
□ Sibling position: Drop navigation item A into the space below nav item B (a dotted line appears below B) to make A follow B at the same level (A becomes a sibling of B).
■ URL paths for navigation items map relative to the IIS web site root to which this sitemap's website is mapped in the Properties section of the Manage websites window. Several websites can map to the same IIS web site root, and some of the properties that you define in this window need to be unique across all sitemaps that ultimately map to the same IIS web site root. Therefore, it helps to identify which other websites might share the same IIS web site root when working with this window.
Caution! The sitemaps for Core Sites and Sample Sites are protected for use by iMIS. The default Document System permissions for these sitemaps permit editing by SysAdmins only.
This navigation item is a break
Defines the navigation item as a special break item that is rendered as a simple horizontal line in the secondary navigation area of a CM website, disables all other definition fields for the navigation item, and creates system-generated values for the Navigation Link Text and Navigation Folder Name.
When cleared, enables all definition fields for the navigation item.
Status
Specifies whether this definition object is in a Working, PublishPending, Submitted, Published, Inactive, or Active state. Click the expand icon to view further details, including who created the record, who modified it last, and dates of these changes.
■ Content records in a Working state have been saved within the iMIS database, but the latest changes have not been made active on the associated CM websites by the associated publishing servers and their corresponding iMIS publishing service (AsiPublishing15). The Publish command on the toolbar queues the content record to the associated publishing servers, during which the content record is in a PublishPending state and can be viewed in the Pending Requests detail for the associated publishing servers. After each publishing server has successfully processed the publishing request, the latest changes become visible on the associated websites and become active within iMIS, both of which are denoted by the Published state.
If an iMIS user does not have content authority group (CAG) Content Approver permissions, they will see a Submit command instead of a Publish command. The Submit command queues a publishing request to the Content Designer Task List of all CAG members who have Content Approver permissions. (Alternatively, if workflow is enabled for the parent content folder, only those members of the content folder's assigned CAG who have Content Approver permissions.) Only a person with Content Approver permissions in at least one CAG can actually publish content records.
■ For all other definition objects, the publishing process is less complex and does not involve CAG permissions, publishing servers, or the iMIS publishing service. When the object is in a Working state, the latest changes have been saved within the iMIS database, but they have not yet been made active within iMIS. The Publish command makes the latest changes active within iMIS.
■ Websites in an Inactive state are offline so that browsers cannot view the website content, and instead see a 503 error (Service Unavailable) from IIS. Selecting the Is this website active? checkbox in the Status section of the website's definition puts the website in an Active state, enabling browsers to view the website content. Clearing the checkbox puts the website in an Inactive state.