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Site Set Up

Site Set Up

Site setup

To manage configuration for the site go to Administration -> System -> Site Set Up.

1. Edit/configure:

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Hide Page Title from Title Bar

Check if required.

Enable Additional Title Bar Text (via Meta Tag)

Check if required.

Note: if this option is to be utilising an appropriate Meta Tag it must be created with the option 'Append Tag Contents to Web Page Title' enabled.

Hide Fixed Title Bar Text

Check if required.

Fixed Title Bar Text

Enter appropriate text.

Title Bar Text Order

Select the appropriate option.

Maximum page title length (max 128 characters)

Enter an appropriate value.

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Enforce Page Summary Maximum Length

Check if required.

Page Summary Maximum Length

Enter an appropriate value.

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Allow manual population of Publication Date

Check if required.

Note: the publication date is added via the details interface.

Enforce Accessibility

If required, check to prevent pages with incorrectly ordered subheadings from being published.

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Custom Error Page

Enter the URL of a page which is presented to the end user when an error occurs. A static html page could be used, however It is recommended that a dedicated page be created within the site for this purpose.

Note: The Custom Error Page page must be publicly available (i.e. not be scheduled, and has the 'everyone' read permission applied). If the Error page is restricted an error will be generated which may result in a loop which could affect server performance.

404 (Page Not Found) Page

Enter the URL of a page which is presented to the end user when a URL can not be found. A static html page could be used, however It is recommended that a dedicated page be created within the site for this purpose.

Note: The 404 page must be publicly available (i.e. not be scheduled, and has the 'everyone' read permission applied). If the 404 page is restricted a 404 error will be generated which may result in a loop which could affect server performance.

Ignored Paths

Ignore Paths are used to tell Easysite that a particular URL does not exist within the installation. For example, a page might redirect to an application hosted externally to the Easysite database.

To add an ignore path click Add to create an appropriate path.

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First Name

Enter an appropriate value.

Last Name

Enter an appropriate value.

Email

Enter an appropriate email address.

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Group to notify when fetching external RSS causes errors

Select the appropriate option.

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Navigation Style

Select the appropriate option.

Show Path Siblings

If required, check to expose sibling of the parent of the current page in the navigation.

Note: specific CSS may be required in order for this option to render on a page.

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Enable Advanced HTML Layout for Form Elements

Check if required.

Remove Style Attribute From Body Tag

Check if required.

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Enable automatic sign in via IP range(s)

Check if required.

Automatic sign in page path

Enter an appropriate value.

Redirect for homepage only

Check if required.

Auto Sign In IP List

Click Add IP to add IP addresses.

Note: to allow auto sign on create a guest user account and associate one or more of these IP addresses. 

The How to set up Automatic User Login via IP article contains further details on configuring automatic login through an IP address. 

Hit Tracker IP Exclusion List

Click Add IP to add IP addresses.

Enable User Agent Login

Check if required.

User Agent List

This functionality allows for user agents such as Google to access and index content while still keeping it secured to external access. 

Note: that you will also be required to associate a user agent record with a user account to allow user agent access. 

Redirect to URL: (Leave blank for default)

Enter an appropriate URL.

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Message Forwarding

Check to allow new users to receive messages.

Note: users may change this setting via my account.

Send Email to Users when Validated by Admin

Check if required.

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Enforce Spellchecking

Check if required.

Enforce Page Categorisation

Check if required.

Make review date mandatory

Check if required.

Default Review Period (days)

Enter an appropriate value.

Review Notification

Select the appropriate option.

Reminder Notification

Select the appropriate option.

Reminder Period (days)

Enter an appropriate value.

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Enable Additional Panel Styles

Check if required.

Default Style

Select the page style.

Enable Alternate Style Rendering Method

Check if required.

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Sub-menu display on 'click'

Check if required.

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Automatically redirect mobile devices

If Mobile Device Support is being utilised, user may be automatically redirected to the mobile site. Check if required.

Interstitial page

Click change to select a page containing the mobile device page element.

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Enforce SSL

Select the appropriate option.

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Enable AutoSave

If required, check to enable the auto saving of page content after a pre-determined time period.

AutoSave interval (minutes)

Enter an appropriate value.

Notification time (minutes)

Enter an appropriate value.

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Capture Mode

Select the appropriate option.

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Document Type

Select the appropriate option.

2. Click Save Settings.

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