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Setting up Site Builder website creators

Website creators can use Site Builder to create sites or sections of a site based on the Site Builder templates installed on the HCL Portal server.

Creators must have the following access rights:

  • User access to the Content Root page where they want to create new sites
  • Contributor access to the Site Build Template library
  • Contributor rights to source content library for their new sites and sections
  • Editor rights to target content library for their new sites and sections
  • Administrator access to the Site Builder portlet

Assigning creators User access to Content Root pages

  1. Log in to the portal as an administrator.

  2. In the Practitioner Studio, go to Administration > Security > Resource Permissions.

    1. Click Pages on the Select Resource Type view.

    2. Browse to any content page that the user and groups need to use as section anchors.

    3. Click the Assign Access icon.

    4. For the User role, click the Edit Role icon.

    5. Add the users and groups you want to add as Site Builder website creators.

    6. Click OK.

    7. Click Content Root.

    8. Click Apply.

    9. Click Pages.

    10. Repeat this process for each necessary page.

Assigning creators Editor access for Web Content Libraries

Assigning Contributor rights to the Site Build Template library

  1. Log in to the portal as an administrator.

  2. In the Practitioner Studio, go to Web Content > Web Content Libraries.

    1. Browse to the Site Builder Template Library.

    2. Click the Set Permissions icon.

    3. For the Contributor role, click the Edit Role icon.

    4. Add the users and groups you want to add as Site Builder website creators.

    5. Click OK.

    6. Click Resources.

    7. Click Apply and Done.

Assigning Contributor rights to the source content library for new sites and sections

  1. Log in to the portal as an administrator.

  2. In the Practitioner Studio, go to Web Content > Web Content Libraries.

    1. Browse to the library that the users and groups need to use as the source for initial content and supporting assets for their new sites and sections.

    2. Click the Set Permissions icon.

    3. For the Contributor role, click the Edit Role icon.

    4. Add the users and groups you want to add as Site Builder website creators.

    5. Click OK.

    6. Click Resources.

    7. Click Apply and Done.

    8. Repeat this process for all necessary libraries.

Assigning Editor rights to an existing target content library for new sites and sections

  1. Log in to the portal as an administrator.

  2. In the Practitioner Studio, go to Web Content > Web Content Libraries.

    1. Browse to the library that the users and groups need to use as the target content library for their new sites and sections.

    2. Click the Set Permissions icon.

    3. For the Editor role, click the Edit Role icon.

    4. Add the users and groups you want to add as Site Builder website creators.

    5. Click OK.

    6. Click Resources.

    7. Click Apply and Done.

    8. Repeat this process for all necessary libraries.

Assigning creators Administrator access to the Site Builder portlet

  1. Log in to the portal as an administrator.

  2. In the Practitioner Studio, go to Administration > Applications > Portlets.

    1. Search for Site Builder.

    2. Click the Access to Portlet icon.

    3. For the Administrative Role, click the Edit Role icon.

    4. Add Users and Groups and click OK.

    5. Click the Site Builder link in the breadcrumb.

    6. Click Apply.

    7. Click OK.