View source for 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: [[Sites#Tags|Tags]]

Sites are built using a combination of [[Pages]], [[Classes]], [[Controller Interface|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):<tt>{{platformURL}}/sites/1234567/mysite</tt>, 
::where '''<tt>mysite</tt>''' is derived from the User Vanity Web Address, '''<tt><nowiki>http://www.mysite.com</nowiki></tt>'''

::;Page URL: <tt><nowiki>Base URL + /pages/{page}</nowiki></tt>
::;Page Name: <tt>home.jsp</tt>

:;URL displayed in the page: <tt><nowiki>http://www.mysite.com/pages/home.jsp</nowiki></tt>

:;URL forwarded to the Platform Server: <tt>{{platformURL}}/sites/1234567/mysite/pages/home.jsp</tt>

====Controller Example====
For this Base URL and User Vanity Web Address:
:;Base URL (Default Web Address):<tt>{{platformURL}}/sites/1234567/mysite</tt>, 
::where '''<tt>mysite</tt>''' is derived from the User Vanity Web Address, '''<tt><nowiki>http://www.mysite.com</nowiki></tt>'''

:;Controller URL:<tt><nowiki>Base URL + /controller/{controller_path}</nowiki></tt>

:;Controller Path:<tt>com/platform/demo/samples/JobsController</tt>

:;URL forwarded to the Platform Server: <tt>{{platformURL}}/sites/1234567/mysite/controller/com/platform/demo/samples/JobsController</tt>

====Action Example====
For this Base URL and User Vanity Web Address:
:;Base URL (Default Web Address):<tt>{{platformURL}}/sites/1234567/mysite</tt>, 
::where '''<tt>mysite</tt>''' is derived from the User Vanity Web Address, '''<tt><nowiki>http://www.mysite.com</nowiki></tt>'''

::;Action URL:<tt><nowiki>Base URL + /{action}</nowiki></tt>
::;Standard Action: <tt>login</tt>

:;URL displayed in the page:<tt><nowiki>http://www.mysite.com/login</nowiki></tt>

:;URL forwarded to the Platform Server: <tt>{{platformURL}}/sites/1234567/mysite/login</tt>