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Creating the site framework for the River Bend site
This section describes how to build the site framework. The following steps comprise the tasks that are required to complete this exercise.
To create the site framework for the River Bend Coffee and Tea Company site, follow these steps:
1. Click on
New and select
Site, refer to Figure 5
Figure 5 New Site Creation (323_5)
2. In the name field, type RiverBend
3. In the Display name field, type River Bend
4. In the description field, type Overall site for the River Bend Tea and Coffee company
5. Click Save…, and then click Save and Close.
6. Navigate to Site Areas By Site, you will see River Bend in the index list. Refer to Figure 6
Figure 6 Site framework index list (323_6)
The suggested framework for the example consists of only one site but many site areas belonging to it. After creating the site, create site areas underneath the created site. Follow those steps for the site area creation:
1. Click on
New and select
Site Area, similar to Figure 5 and the steps for creating the Site
2. Select
River Bend as the parent site.
Notice that the Start for the Link Order of the new site area is selected by default. Keep this selection.
3. Click Ok
5. In the
Name field, enter
Home.
6. In the
Display name field, type
Home
7. In the
description field, type
Main entry point to the website
8. Click
Save…, and then click
Save and Close.
9. Repeat steps 1 to 6 to create another site area, where its
Name is
Company.
Display Name is
Company.
Description is
Information about the River Bend Tea and Coffee Company.
At this point, if you expand the site framework view, you see the home site area within the navigational hierarchy, as shown in Figure 7
Figure 7 Home and company site areas (323_7)
Now, we will move on with creating one of the site areas under Company
10. Click New and select Site Area
11. Expand Riverbend to show its dependant site areas
12. Select Company as the parent site.
13. Select Last Child for the link order of the new site area
14. Click OK.
15. In the Name field, enter the appropriate name of the site area. For example, for the first site area under Company, enter History
16. For the display name enter About Us. See Figure 8
17. Click Save…, and then click Save and Close.
Figure 8 About Us site area under Company (323_8)
At this point, you can repeat this process to create the site areas that are shown in Figure 9. Repeat step 1 through 6 again to create the rest of the site areas for this example.
 Note
Selecting either Start or End for the link order determines the sequential placement of a site area within the list of multiple site areas. If the order of the site areas listed does not match the exact example that we provide, do not worry. Refer to section “Rearranging the site area order” for details about how to re-order site areas.
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 Tip
Use Save As to create copies of an open object (that is, site area).
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Figure 9 Site framework (323_9)
Hint:
 Hint
The names you see in Figure 9 are the display name for the site area objects
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After you create a site area, you can change where the site area displays.
Follow these steps to move the Careers with us site area to the second position and back to the end position in the Company site area on the River Bend site:
1. In the item views navigator, expand the following:
a. The
Site Areas
b. The
By Site
c. The
River Bend site
d. The
Company site area
2. Select the
Careers with us site area
3. In the button bar, click
More Actions Move.
a. Expand the
River Bend site.
b. Select
Company site area.
c. Choose
After specified child
d. Select
About us from the second table
4. Click
Ok
The Career with us is now displayed after About us site area as shown in Figure 10
Figure 10 Site areas after rearrangement (323_10)
 Note
Within this section, we describe specific steps for rearranging the order of two sibling and children site area nodes within the site framework. Keep in mind that you can use the Move button to move a specific site area to a different level or location within the hierarchy.
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To return the Careers with us site area to its original position, select the Careers with us site area.
5. Click More Actions Move.
6. Expand the River Bend site framework.
7. Expand the Company site area.
8. Select Last Child
9. Click Ok
Now, the Careers with us is moved back to its original position as the last child.