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Working with ArcGIS Enterprise SitesDan Haag, Esridhaag@esri.com

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What is ArcGIS Enterprise Sites?• Built-in portal application included with ArcGIS Enterprise beginning at 10.6.1

• Allows you to create tailored experiences that enhance your existing portal

• Each site created can have its own branding, design, and unique content

• All portal content remains secure

• No limit to the number of sites that you can create

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Example: Creating many sites from one portal

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Site Manager• Administrative experience for creating, editing, and deleting sites

• Can only be accessed by Sites team members

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Sites team• Must be an ArcGIS Enterprise Sites team member to create a site

• Must have a Level 2 membership to be added as a Sites team member

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Pages• Children of sites

⎻ Inherit their theme and branding from parent site⎻ Can, however, have own unique content and layout

• Optional—not every site needs a page

• No technical limit to the number of pages that you can create⎻ Recommendation: No more than 100 pages per site

• Can be linked to multiple sites⎻ Page theme is determined by the site that you access it from⎻ Each time that you link a page, you have the option to give it a new URL⎻ Linked pages are all connected, and edits roll throughout

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Portal Items• Site Application item is created in portal when you create a site

• Site Page item is created when you create a page

• Deleting these items will delete the Site or Page – do not delete

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Prerequisites• Must have a base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment

• Minimum version required: ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1

• Recommendation: Enabling HTTPS only on your portal prior to configuring Sites

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Setting up the Sites application • To configure the Sites capability:

⎻ Have an administrator launch Sites using the icon in the App Launcher

• When Sites is configured, a Sites Administration Group is created―do not delete this group

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Sharing a site• Sites are only accessible to the Sites team by default

• From Site Manager, share a site:⎻ To the organization (must be a named user in the organization)⎻ To everyone (allows anonymous access)

• Restrict site access to a specific group⎻ Share Site Application item in Enterprise portal with group that needs access

• More information in documentation

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Site Editor

• All sites include same default template⎻ Customize default template with Site Editor to create a tailored user experience

• Organized into five sections to help with site customization:

Basic info about your site

Title, logo, and navigation customizations

Colors and fonts

Widgets used to build your site

Customizable CSS footer

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Sites design best practices• Using the theme to reflect your organization

• Consider how your site will be used most:⎻ Desktop⎻ Device

• Accessibility considerations

• Prep your portal content⎻ Tags⎻ Thumbnails⎻ Description/Summary

• Sketch your site

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Demo

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More sites

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Sites for the public• Building public sites: Best achieved using Hub app for open data in ArcGIS Online

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Sneak peek of what’s to come for Sites

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Better image support on the row card and image card

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Refreshed Site Editor

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Rich text editing with HTML helpers

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Upcoming: Sites quality enhancement patch

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What’s next?Live Training Seminar

Get Started with ArcGIS Enterprise Sites

YouTube videosArcGIS Enterprise Sites – A Tailored Experience

What’s New in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1 Part 2

ArcGIS Resourceshttps://enterprise.arcgis.com

About ArcGIS Enterprise Sites

https://doc.arcgis.com