Create sites and site areas with WebDAV

Sites and site areas are used to organize content items in your Web content system. In WebDAV sites and site areas are represented as folders, and you can set up your site structure by creating and nesting folders. All sites and site areas for a given library are listed under the sites folder for that library.

sites
   - wcm.site.site1
       - meta-data
           access-control-system.xml
           access-control-user.xml
           meta-data.xml                                
       - wcm.siteArea.siteArea1
           - meta-data
               access-control-system.xml
               access-control-user.xml
               meta-data.xml        
           - wcm.siteArea.siteArea1.1
               - meta-data
                   access-control-system.xml
                   access-control-user.xml
                   meta-data.xml        
           - wcm.siteArea.siteArea1.2
               - meta-data
                   access-control-system.xml
                   access-control-user.xml
                   meta-data.xml        
   - wcm.site.site2
       - meta-data
           access-control-system.xml
           access-control-user.xml
           meta-data.xml        
   access-control.xml

To create a new site or site area for your library, create a new folder using with the wcm.site prefix or the wcm.siteArea prefix. Sites can only be created under the generic sites folder, while site areas can be created in either a wcm.site.* folder or a wcm.siteArea.* folder.

Some WebDAV clients create a folder with a default name, such as New Folder, and as soon as you enter the name of the new folder, the client sends a request to rename the already created folder. Because site and site area folders require a corresponding prefix for creation, this client behavior does not work. If your WebDAV client uses this method to create new folders, you can first create the new site or site area folder locally and then copy it into the WebDAV tree. Deleting sites and site areas: To delete sites or site areas simply delete the corresponding folder. Note that sites or site areas containing site areas or content items cannot be deleted until you have also first deleted the child items. To delete child content items, use the authoring portlet rather than WebDAV.

Parent topic:

Use WebDAV with Web content

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