Best Practice

Our Best Practice guides are goal-based tutorials for getting the most out of Easysite CMS.

Whether you are just getting started with Easysite, or a seasoned web manager looking to improve your search engine rankings, our Best Practice tutorials will help you achieve your goals.

Getting Started with Easysite

Steps to Creating a Simple WebsiteFive steps to creating a simple website using Easysite CMS.
Privacy Page and Cookie InformationInformation about Easysite and third party cookies.
Managing Browser CachingIn some versions of Internet Explorer the browser does not clear the cache when an author logs out of Easysite. This may result in an old version of the page being displayed. It is recommended that...

Managing and Administering your Site

Adding a Domain to a MicrositeThis article explains the steps required to add new domains to an Easysite installation although also clarifies how a domain can be relocated to display content from a different microsite without...
Configuring Auto Sign onAllowing users to be automatically signed on by IP address or through an external provider.
Managing Site OperationsThe site operation would generally be controlled by a central Web Team or Steering Group, however depending on the type of organisation this operation may fall to many different departments...
Managing Access ControlEasysite supports Direct and Brokered Authentication patterns. Brokered patterns such as federated authentication or Active Directory authentication ensures that the network administers access...
Managing Multimedia ContentThe presence of multimedia content is a consistent and ever growing requirement when creating new state of the art website powered by Easysite. With this information in the back of our minds the...
Managing Form SubmissionsThis Best Practice guide regarding the management, retention and archiving of form responses.

Security Recommendations

Configuring Site SecurityThis article details some key security considerations and available functionality when implementing and maintaining an Easysite solution.
Configuring Password SecurityAlongside organisational policy for users managing their account information, such as not sharing or writing down passwords, where a service such as Active Directory is not in use then Easysite...
Configuring Additional SecurityEasysite allows for additional configuration to further increase the level of security within any given installation regardless of the hosting infrastructure.
Heartbleed - What you need to knowHeartbleed exploits a very serious fault in OpenSSL – an open source implementation of SSL (Secure Socket Layer).You will be pleased to know that this fault does in no way affect Easysite CMS, as we...
DROWN - What you need to knowDROWN is a serious vulnerability that affects HTTPS and other services that rely on the retired protocol SSLv2 . You will be pleased to know that this fault does in no way affect Easysite CMS, as...
Configuring SSL SecuritySecurity and data protection are critical issues for any website operator and Easysite is regularly audited by EIBS Ltd and our customers for resilience in the face of attempted security breaches.
Email Spoofing and the impact on Easysite useInformation explaining what 'Email Spoofing' is and why it has an impact on Easysite.

Search and Search Engine Optimisation

Page content and SEOBest practice in creating SEO optimised page content in Easysite.
SEO for popular search enginesBest practice guide to increasing the visibility of a website within search engine rankings.
SEO for the Easysite Search EngineConfiguring the Easysite search engine in order to generate the optimum results for users searching within the site.
Webmaster ToolsOptimising visibility of a website by creating a Webmaster tools account, submitting an XML site map to a Search Engine and setting Crawl Rates.
Google Specific InformationThis section describes ways administrators may optimise the indexing of a site by Google.
Exempting pages from search enginesUsing a ROBOTS meta tag to ensure that search engines index the correct pages within a site.
Reciprocal linksBest practice in using reciprocal links to boost search engine rankings.
Google Analytics vs Easysite StatsUnderstanding the differences between Google Analytics and Easysite's hit tracker.

Easysite and Social Media

Implementing Open Graph TagsUtilising Open Graph tags to allow social networks to share content from your site.

Accessibility and Validation

Understanding Anchor, IMG and MAP elements - TITLE, ALT Attributes, Alternate Text and TooltipsThis article provides technical information behind how different types of anchors or links are created and includes further details regarding the specific HTML tags and attributes which are present...
Methods to overcome the Microsoft .NET (X)HTML FORM nesting limitationsThis article has been created in order to assist users or developers who may be attempting to use FORM tags within the main content of sites although are encountering issues due to the Microsoft .NET...

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Implementing Open Graph TagsUtilising Open Graph tags to allow social networks to share content from your site.
Managing Browser CachingIn some versions of Internet Explorer the browser does not clear the cache when an author logs out...
Privacy Page and Cookie InformationInformation about Easysite and third party cookies.
Altering the Description for a Site in Search Engine ResultsUsing meta data to manage the site description in Search Engine Results.
Removing Pages from Google Search ResultsPossible options in the event that Google finds content that you did not wish to be found.
Creating a Google Analytics Account Google Analytics provides administrators with an understanding of how visitors use your site, how...