Overview
Website Settings applies to specific websites in the CMS system. Administrators can configure/change their primary URL here, set a domain for staging, add aliases, generate sitemaps and much more. This article provides an overview of Website Settings and their configurable fields.
To access Website Settings:
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
Primary URL
The primary domain name for your website.
Editing the Primary URL
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- Enter the new domain name in the Primary URL text box.
- Click Submit.
Domain Information
Enter staging address, alias, and custom rules to the domain host file in this section.
Staging website address – The domain name for your staging site used for testing.
Adding/Editing staging website
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- Under the Domain Information accordion, enter the new domain name in the Staging website address text box.
- Click Submit.
Host settings – add custom rules to the domain hosts file.
Adding/editing staging website
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- Under the Domain Information accordion, enter the custom rules in the Host Settings textarea.
- Click Submit.
Aliases
Aliases allows you to re-use the same asset using various copies of the original under different aliases.
Adding an Alias
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- In the Domain Information section, enter the name of the Alias in the Add New Alias textbox.
- Click on the Add+ button.
- The alias appears below with an option to remove it.
- Click Submit button at the bottom of the Settings modal window to add the website alias.
Deleting an Alias
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- Click the remove button next to the Alias to be removed.
- Review the warning.
- Click OK.
- Click Submit to delete the Alias
Sitemap
Developers can generate a sitemap in this section. The file is in the www folder of your website.
Generating a sitemap
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- Click the Generate Sitemap button under the Sitemap accordion.
- The sitemap can be found in the www folder.
CDN Information
Configure your website to use a Content Delivery Network.
Adding a CDN origin
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- Under the CDN Information accordion, click the Enable CDN checkbox.
- Add the CDN website address/origin URL.
- Choose a provider.
- Click Submit.
SSL Information
(Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral.
SSL Website address – The SSL domain name that establishes an HTTPS connection to your website.
Sitewide SSL (Canonical) – Mark this checkbox to force an HTTPS connection to all pages.
SSL Certificate – the certificate for your domain obtained from a Certificate Authority.
SSL Key – the information from the SSL key file goes here.
SSL Chain certificate – the ordered list of certificates containing an SSL Certificate and Certificate Authority Certificates goes here.
Adding SSL information
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- Enter the SSL domain name for your website.
- Check the Sitewide SSL checkbox to establish an HTTPS connection across all pages.
- Enter the SSL Certificate.
- Enter the SSL Key.
- Enter the SSL Chain Certificate.
- Click Submit.
Advanced
Developers can upload shortcode files, export packages, and adjust the timezone in this section.
Timezone – Adjust the website’s timezone here.
Configuring the Timezone
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- Under the Advanced accordion, select the Timezone from the select box.
- Click Submit.
Custom Shortcodes File – Upload a custom shortcodes file here.
Uploading a custom shortcodes file
- Click the desired Website from the list of websites from the dashboard.
- Click Settings.
- In the Advanced section next to the Custom Shortcodes File textbox, click Browse.
- Choose the Shortcodes file.
- Click Submit.
