Importing a Site

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Site Import Tool

The Site Import Tool automates many of the tasks that go into setting up a new site in Cascade Server. Based on an uploaded page, the system creates a template, content regions, blocks, an asset factory, a site folder structure, and administrative components.

To import a site:

1. On the Tools menu, select Import -> New Site .
2. Enter a Site Name . This is the name that will be used for the site's base folder, as well as all containers and components in the Administration area.
3. If you have a webpage upon which you would like to base a new template, select it in the folder chooser for Template Upload .
4. If you have included a template, zip any required files and select it in the folder chooser for Zip Upload.
5. Click Submit .

Your new site folder will appear in the asset tree. The following assets are automatically created:

• Base Folder
• _ internal folder
  • asset factories folder
    • This is an asset factory based on the template page.
  • blocks folder
    • These are new blocks based on the content regions found in the uploaded template.
  • stylesheets folder
  • templates folder
    • This is a template, which includes content regions that are based on the uploaded template.
• page_files folder (this will be named according to the uploaded zip's name)
  • These are all of the files found in the uploaded zip.

In the Administration area, you will see that the following containers and components have been created:

• Group (named after the site name)
  
• Asset Factory container (named after the site name)
  • Page asset factory (based on the uploaded template)
    
• Configuration Set container (named after the site name)
  • Standard Configuration Set (based upon the uploaded template with content regions populated by the newly created blocks)
• Data Definitions container (named after the site name)
• Metadata Set container (named after the site name)
  • Standard Metadata Set
• Publish Sets container (named after the site name)
• Target (named after the site name with the uploaded template attached)
• Workflow Definitions container (named after the site name)

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