Site Builder

Site Builder is an application that you can use to create site templates or section templates for use with HCL Digital Experience (DX).

Prerequisites for using Site Builder

• Site Builder is installed out of the box with HCL DX 8.5 CF08 or higher.
• Managed Pages must be enabled. See Enabling managed pages.

Note

Later versions of Content Template cannot be used to install Site Builder on HCL DX 8.5 CF08 or higher. The old Content Template version of Site Builder does not work on HCL DX 8.5 CF08 or higher.

• Site Builder overview
  Learn more about Site Builder and how to create site and section templates for your HCL Digital Experience using this application.
• Installing and removing Site Builder
  Site Builder is installed as part of HCL Digital Experience 8.5 CF08 and later installations. See this Content Template Catalog documentation for more information.
• Deploying Site Builder
  Deploy Site Builder by setting content creator or administrator access to determine who can use Site Builder and which tools they can use.
• Building a site with Site Builder
  Use Site Builder to create sites and add sections using predefined site and section templates.
• Site development with Site Builder
  Site Builder uses a set of wizards to guide HCL Digital Experience users in creating and customizing a site using Site Builder templates.
• Exporting Site Builder templates to other servers
  Site Builder administrators can export published Site Builder templates to other HCL Digital Experience Portal servers that run Site Builder.
• Troubleshooting issues with Site Builder
  Find solutions to problems when you use Site Builder in the latest version of HCL Digital Experience.

HCLSoftware U learning materials

For an introduction and a demo on DX deployment, go to Deployment for Beginners. Several deployment options are provided in the course.

To learn how to manage multiple DX sites, go to Multi-Site Management. In this course, you will learn when and how to create and manage base, true, and virtual portals in which you may run one or more DX sites. You can also try it out using the Multi-Site Management Lab.

For an introduction and a demo on how to use Site Builder, go to Site Builder. To try it out yourself, refer to Site Builder Lab and corresponding Site Builder Lab Resources.