Create a site

You can use ArcGIS Enterprise Sites to build sites, which are websites used to create, organize, and share information with others. For example, you can feature content from your portal to share with non-GIS users. Learn more about ArcGIS Enterprise Sites.

Site capabilities

Every site includes a layout, configuration options, and a set of drag-and-drop cards so that you can share content in the following ways, with no HTML required:

• Content integration—Display a variety of content types, including content you've created using other ArcGIS products, along with your own graphics, media, and narratives.
• Search experience—Create a search experience that allows visitors to discover content, including data, apps, maps, and other items, by entering a key word or phrase in your site's search bar.
• Configurable branding options—Brand your sites with your organization's logo, theme, and social media.
• Global navigation and site mapping—Build your own site navigation using pages and menu links. This mobile-responsive navigation bar helps people explore your content on any device.

Create a site

Signed in organization members with the privilege to create an item can create a site from the global navigation (if enabled) and from the relevant workspace of a configured catalog. For more information, refer to Configure roles and privileges.

Each site you create is added to your organization's subscription to ArcGIS Enterprise. Add or create view and edit groups to manage what content is shared on the site, with whom it is shared, and who can edit site content. For more information, refer to Set up access and sharing and Configure a site catalog.

To create a site, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to ArcGIS Enterprise Sites.
2. From the global navigation header, select the Create button and choose Site.
3. Provide a site name in the Title field and a site subdomain in the Subdomain field.

   Note:

   Site titles are used on the browser tab, Enterprise item details page, social media snippets, and in Enterprise Sites search results and search engine listings.

   Tip:

   The title is used to automatically generate your site's URL, the web address people use to access your site. While you can configure this URL at any time, it's best to determine the format of your URL early to avoid broken or forwarded links as you build your site.

4. Select a catalog type from the available options:
   • For the Blank catalog and Quick start catalog... options, select Next.
   • For the Start catalog with existing group option, choose Select group. Select a group, select Add, and select Next.
5. Select a group to control who can view or edit.

   Note:

   Group selection is optional if creating from the Create button (global navigation). Group selection is required if creating and adding directly to a configured catalog.

   For groups selected, members of edit groups (shared update groups) can edit site information, settings and layout. Members of view groups (view only groups) can search and view the site, if it is not shared to the public.

6. Select Create to create the site.

   Note:

   The site is added to your Enterprise organization as a Site Application item.

7. In your user workspace, select the Content pane. To open the Customize panel and design the site layout, select the site name and select Edit . To open the site workspace, select the Manage button.