About the Site Management Area

The Site Management area of your CMS admin is where you manage the important details and settings of your site. You can manage the site name, domain, themes, Dashboard shortcuts, and module settings.

To get to the Site Management area, go to More > Site Management from the main menu. You'll see a list of your existing sites down the left side of the screen. Once you select one, you'll be able to work in the following tabs:

• Overview
• Settings
• Shortcuts
• Themes

Remember to Save all your settings once you've finished.

Overview

The Overview tab contains settings necessary for your functioning site, so be careful about changing them. Here's what they mean:

• Site name: The name of the site as referenced in admin areas, such as the Site Management settings. There is no character limit for this setting, and it can be changed at any time.
• Site alias: The name of the site as referenced in admin areas, such as the site picker drop-down, and as part of the URL. The Site alias has a maximum of 12 characters, and cannot be changed once created.
• Description: An overview of the site, for internal purposes only.
• Requires login: Use the drop-down menu to indicate if this site requires a login to access it when it goes live.
• Main address: The main URL of the site, including the Scheme, Domain, and Folder.
  • Scheme: This field is automatically set to HTTPS and cannot be changed.
  • Domain: The domain for your new site. When first creating the site, use the domain for the public site so admin users can preview content. You can change this to an independent domain when you're ready to go live.
  • Folder: If your new site is filed under a folder within the larger domain, enter that name here. For example, the URL for one of our demo sites is https://pointrussell.opencities.com/Leisure/Home.
    In this example, the Domain is "pointrussell.opencities.com" and the Folder is "Leisure."
• HTTP handling: Indicate what to do when someone attempts to access the site using "http" instead of "https"
• More addresses: Enter any additional URLs people can use to access the site. When entered into a browser, these extra URLs redirect the user to the Main address.
• Hide from search engines: Check this box to hide your entire site from external search engines. This prevents your site from being indexed and searchable before you go live. Once you uncheck this box, your site will be available to index. Do not uncheck this box until you are ready to go live.
• Sitemap
  • Create sitemap: Select the Create button to create a sitemap for search engines. Once you have done this, the setting and button name will change to Recreate, so you can create a new sitemap if you significantly change your site's structure.
  • Manually submit to search engines: Once you have created a sitemap, this field will appear. It allows you to Copy the sitemap file and manually submit it to search engines.

Settings

The Settings tab allows you to edit various options for your site, including all of the module settings. The following is a list of settings, including the tile icon, the sites they're available on, and the relevant help articles. Please note the order in which they appear in your admin will differ, and you may have additional tiles for integrations. 

• Site Settings: Available on all sites, see Manage your site settings and Connect your websites with Google Analytics.
  
• Content Standards: Available on all sites, see Check Content for Accessibility and Offensive Words.
  
• Custom Content Types: Available on all sites, see Manage the Settings for Custom Content Types.
  
• Metadata: Available on all sites, see Manage your site’s metadata, Create a Meta Tag for CMS Deeplinking, and Create a Meta Tag for Site Ownership Verification.
  
• Language: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Set Up Language Translations for Your Site.
  
• Email: Available on all sites, see Manage Emails Sent from the CMS.
  
• Site Search: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Set Up Internal Site Search and Site Search for Intranets.
  
• Log in: Available on intranets, MyCity, and subsites, see About the Site Login Module.
  
• Location: Available on all sites, see Manage the Location Settings.
  
• ReadSpeaker: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Let Your Visitors Convert Site Text to Speech.
  
• Page Discussions: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see About Page Discussions.
  
• Related content: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see About the Related Content Module.
  
• Subscriptions: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see About the Subscriptions Module.
  
• Asset Files: Available on all sites, see Manage Your File Settings.
  
• Site Footer: Available on all sites, see Update the Site Footer.
  
• Homepage: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Homepage Module.
  
• General & Landing: Available on all sites, see Manage the General Page Module and Manage the Landing Page Module.
  
• A-Z Directory: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see About the A-Z Directory Module.
  
• Announcements: Available on all sites, see Manage the Announcements Module.
  
• Bids and Tenders: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Bids and Tenders Module.
  
• Blog: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Community Engagement Module.
  
• Community Engagement: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Community Engagement Module.
  
• Departments: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Departments Module.
  
• Development Applications: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Development Applications Module.
  
• Document Library: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Document Libraries Module.
  
• Elected Official: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Elected Officials Module.
  
• Event: Available on all sites, see Manage the Events Module.
  
• Featured sections: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Use Featured Sections to Group Pages Together.
  
• Glossary: Available on all sites, see Manage Glossary Pages.
  
• Image Gallery: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Image Gallery Module.
  
• Initiatives: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Initiatives Module.
  
• Jobs: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Jobs Module.
  
• Local Directory: Available on main sites and MyCity, see Manage the Local Directory Module and Manage the Settings for MyCity Page Types.
  
• Lost Animal: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Lost Animals Module.
  
• Message Board: Available on intranets, see Manage the Message Board Module.
  
• Minutes & Agenda: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Minutes & Agendas Module.
  
• My Area: Available on main sites, see Customize Your My Area Map.
  
• News Article: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the News Module.
  
• Org charts: Available on intranets, see Create and Manage Org Charts.
  
• Park: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Parks Module.
  
• Project: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Works and Projects Module.
  
• Public Notice: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Public Notices Module.
  
• Services: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Services Module.
  
• Share pages: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Help Your Community Print and Share Pages.
  
• Social media feeds: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Embed Social Media On Your Site.
  
• Staff Directory: Available on intranets, see Manage the Staff Directory Module.
  
• User account: Available on MyCity, see Manage MyCity Users.
  
• Utility Bar: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Use the Utility Bar for Important Links.
  
• Venue: Available on main sites, intranets, and subsites, see Manage the Venues Module.
  

Shortcuts

The Shortcuts tab displays all the shortcuts for content types you currently have on the dashboard for this site.

You can also use this tab to create additional shortcuts for the Dashboard.

Themes

This tab will only be available for users with the OC Site Designer role.

The Themes tab displays all the themes in your theme builder and shows which theme is currently applied to the site you're working on. 

From this tab, you can also Apply or Preview a different theme by hovering over it and selecting the action you want. If you click on the theme's name, you'll be taken directly to that theme in your theme builder.