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Creating a new website using a wizard

Creating a new website using a wizard

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The following topics assume that you have previously installed the sample Corporate Site. We will leave the existing website and add a new site running under the http://127.0.0.1 domain.

 

 

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Multiple sites and Visual Studio's built-in web server

 

If you are using the built-in web server in Visual Studio instead of IIS, you need to stop the CorporateSite site in the Site Manager -> Sites dialog first and then you can continue. Since the built-in web server doesn't support any other domain than localhost, you will use the localhost domain again.

 

1. Sign in as Administrator and go to Site Manager -> Sites.

 

2. Click NewSiteWizard New site wizard.

 

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The New site wizard opens.

 

3. Select Create a new site using a wizard.

 

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Click Next.

 

4. Enter the following details for the website:

 

•Site display name: My website

•Site code name: mysite

•Domain name: 127.0.0.1 (if you are using Visual Studio built-in web server, set the Domain name value to localhost)

•Site culture: English - United States (the default culture determines how the website displays date, time and numeric values based on the different culture-specific format)

 

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Click Next.

 

5. The third step of the wizard allows you to select which objects the system imports into the new site. Do not change anything and click Next.

 

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The fourth step displays the progress of object import.

 

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6. Choose a master page template for the website. You can change or modify it later at any time. For now, select the Blank master page.

 

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Click Next.

 

In Step 6, design the initial structure of the new website.

 

7. Click New and enter the following details:

 

•Page name: Home

•Page template: Click Select. Choose the Templates with editable regions category, select the Simple text page template and click OK.

 

Click OK to save the page.

 

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8. Select the root page (My website), click New and enter the following details:

 

•Page name: News

•Page template: Click Select. Choose the News category, select the News list page template and click OK.

 

Click OK to save the page.

 

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Click Next.

 

9. Click Edit your new website.

 

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A new window with Kentico CMS Desk opens at domain 127.0.0.1. You need to sign in again (user name administrator, blank password) since authentication is not shared over different domains by default. After you sign in, you will see your new website.

 

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You have created the base for your new website. The next topics describe how to implement the required design.