Configure site settings

Every site has its own settings and capabilities. By configuring a site's settings and capabilities, administrators and core team members can customize how a site works.

Every site has its own settings. These settings allow administrators and core team members to customize how a site works. Settings include the following configuration options:

• Basic options to change a site's title, description, and default URL.
• Advanced options to configure a custom domain for a site's URL, basemaps for preview pages, and HTTPS enforcement.

To get started, sign in to Portal for ArcGIS and click Sites on the Overview page to view a list of your sites.

Tip:

You can also edit a site when viewing it in a browser. Be sure you're signed in and look for the edit button to the left of your site.

Provide site name and summary

Your site's or initiative site's name and summary are visible in search results through your site and other search engines (if your site is shared publicly).

1. Click Settings for your site on the side panel.
2. In the About section, enter a name for your site in the Name field or change an existing name to something new.

   Note:

   The Name appears in the site's second drop-down menu on the edit navigation bar. It's also the name used to identify your site in the list accessed on the Overview page. The option to show the site name in the header can be configured by following steps provided in Brand a site with header and theme options.

3. Provide some background information about your site in the Summary field.
4. Click Save.

   The name and summary that you provide correspond to the name and summary of the Site Application item in ArcGIS Online.

Configure site URL

A site's URL is the web address people use to access your site. When you create a new site, a default URL is generated for you based on the name you provided in the Name field. You can, however, change your URL manually by following these steps.

Note:

The name you provide appears at the end of your organization's standard site URL. For example, https://webadaptorhost/webadaptorname/apps/sites/#/mysitename There is a maximum 64-character limit.

1. Click Settings for your site in the side panel.
2. Click Domain.
3. In the Site URL field, enter the name of your site.
The URL Preview shows you what your new URL will look like.
4. Click the About Settings for your site in the side panel.
5. Provide an optional favicon (the small image, such as a logo, that will appear in the URL) by pasting an image URL in the Custom Favicon field.
6. Click Save.

Use a custom basemap

You can configure your site to use a custom basemap. A site's basemap is displayed on a site's content preview page. This means that any item shared to your site that has a preview page (datasets and feature layers) includes the basemap you choose so that people can view and explore spatial data.Your organization can also configure maps in Map Viewer.

Note:

All custom basemaps must have HTTPS connections enabled on the service.

1. In edit mode, open the site's Customize panel and click Settings.
2. Click Set Map under the About section.
3. Use the dropdown menu to select the basemap you want to use. If you don't see the basemap you want, make sure that the basemap you want to use belongs to your organization’s Basemap Gallery. You may need the help of an administrator if you don't have the correct privileges.

HTTPS support

The Portal for ArcGIS setting of allowing access to the organization through HTTPS only determines the HTTP or HTTPS URL behavior for your site.

Set interactions

Choose capabilities to help people use your site.

1. In edit mode for a site, open the Customize panel.
2. Click Settings on the Customize panel.
3. Click Interactions.
4. Click the toggle button to enable or disable the following interactions: Global Navigation, App Page, Document iFrames.
5. Click Save.

Set capabilities for the dataset preview page

Choose to enable or disable local projects and an API Explorer.

1. In edit mode for a site, open the Customize panel.
2. Click Settings on the Customize panel.
3. Click Data.
4. Click the toggle button to enable or disable the following capabilities: Local Projections and API Explorer.
5. Click Save.

Enable beta features

Turn on the following beta capabilities to see how upcoming features will on your sites.

1. In edit mode for a site, open the Customize panel.
2. Click Settings on the Customize panel.
3. Click Beta.
4. Click the toggle button to enable or disable Private Item Views.
5. Click Save.