Building Site URLs

One of the most important features of Site functionality is the way URLs are handled in a Site page.

• After you configure the URL forwarding (redirect) from your web address to the Site's Default Web URL/Base URL, the Platform is ready to serve your site
• In any typical web application, URLs include the site {domain}
• In the case of Sites, the user will have to write absolute URLs pointing the User's web address, since the content is being served from Platform's server
• URLs can be hard-coded with the Site URL or the Platform URL JSP tags can be used

Learn more: Tags

Sites are built using a combination of Pages, Classes, Controllers.

Learn more: Working with Pages and Classes

URL Types

URL types supported in Sites include Pages, Controllers and Actions.

Pages Example

For this Base URL and User Vanity Web Address:

Base URL (Default Web Address)

https://{yourDomain}/networking/sites/1234567/mysite,

where mysite is derived from the User Vanity Web Address, http://www.mysite.com

Page URL

Base URL + /pages/{page}

Page Name

home.jsp

URL displayed in the page

http://www.mysite.com/pages/home.jsp

URL forwarded to the Platform Server

https://{yourDomain}/networking/sites/1234567/mysite/pages/home.jsp

Controller Example

For this Base URL and User Vanity Web Address:

Base URL (Default Web Address)

https://{yourDomain}/networking/sites/1234567/mysite,

where mysite is derived from the User Vanity Web Address, http://www.mysite.com

Controller URL

Base URL + /controller/{controller_path}

Controller Path

com/platform/demo/samples/JobsController

URL forwarded to the Platform Server

https://{yourDomain}/networking/sites/1234567/mysite/controller/com/platform/demo/samples/JobsController

Action Example

For this Base URL and User Vanity Web Address:

Base URL (Default Web Address)

https://{yourDomain}/networking/sites/1234567/mysite,

where mysite is derived from the User Vanity Web Address, http://www.mysite.com

Action URL

Base URL + /{action}

Standard Action

login

URL displayed in the page

http://www.mysite.com/login

URL forwarded to the Platform Server

https://{yourDomain}/networking/sites/1234567/mysite/login