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Derek C edited this page Dec 10, 2018 · 13 revisions

Exercise 6

In this exercise, we will add an additional site to the solution to support a complex multi-site and multi-language scenario. We'll look at multi tenant, and how to leverage other features from Habitat in our tenant solution.

Adding an additional site

  1. In Sitecore, under /system/Languages
    • Create new language: Swedish (Sweden): Svenska (Sverige): sv-SE
  2. Switch to Swedish in the Language selector in Sitecore
  3. Move to /Sitecore/Content/Group
    1. Create new Home page "Sweden" under /Sitecore/Content/Group
    2. Verify that the site is visible on http://group.dev.local/sv-SE/Sweden. You should see some content coming back, but no styles as of yet.
  4. Add Styles to your new site
    1. Add a Swedish version to /Sitecore/Content/Group
    2. Update fields, ensuring a theme is selected.
    3. Verify that the site is ok on http://group.dev.local/sv-SE/Sweden
  5. Setup Site definition and IIS binding
    1. Modify your hosts file to add the domain: sweden.dev.local
    2. Add a new IIS binding to the habitat.dev.local site: sweden.dev.local
    3. Add to /App_Config/Include/Project/Sitecore.Demo.Group.config in the Sitecore.Demo.Group project.
      • duplicate the <site name='group'> node
      • set name="sweden"
      • set targetHostName="sweden.$(rootHostName)"
      • set startItem="/Sweden"
      • set hostName="sweden"
      • set language="sv-SE"
    4. Add <site> to /App_Config/Include/Project/z.Sitecore.Demo.Group.DevSettings.config in the Sitecore.Demo.Group project.
      • duplicate the <site name='group'> section
      • set name="sweden"
    5. Run the default gulp task to rebuild and publish your changes.
    6. Verify that the site is visible on http://sweden.dev.local
      • Use the Site menu ( Home Icon ) to navigate between the Swedish and English site. If your English site is displaying similar to the Swedish site, make sure to clear your cookies.
  6. Create Swedish Dictionary texts
    1. Locate the /sitecore/content/group/global/dictionary
    2. Add the following to <site name='sweden'> in /App_Config/Include/Project/z.Sitecore.Demo.Group.DevSettings.config
      • <patch:attribute name="dictionaryAutoCreate">true</patch:attribute>
    3. Publish the z.Sitecore.Demo.Group.DevSettings.config file using gulp or Visual Studio
    4. In a new browser window (either an incognito window, or use a different browser altogether), navigate to http://sweden.dev.local
    5. Switch back to your content editor browser window, and navigate to /sitecore/content/group/global/dictionary and see that the items are created
      • Navigate to the Dictionary Entries under each Dictionary Folder
      • For each Dictionary Entry, add Swedish (or Unique) text to the Swedish version of the item.
  7. Setup Home Page presentation
    1. Copy final layout from /Sitecore/Content/Group/Home to /Sitecore/Content/Group/Sweden
      • In Content Editor, turn on Raw Values and Standard Fields from the View tab.
      • Select /Sitecore/Content/Group/Home, and copy the value from the Layout -> Final Renderings field.
      • Select the /Sitecore/Content/Group/Sweden item
      • Change the language to Swedish
      • Paste value into the Layout -> Final Renderings field.
      • turn off Raw Values and Standard Fields from the View tab.
    2. Move /Sitecore/Content/Group/Home/_Local to Global
    3. Add Swedish language content to the Teasers in /Sitecore/Content/Group/Global/Teasers
  8. Clone pages to Swedish site
    1. Clone About and Operations from /sitecore/content/Group/Home
    2. Create Swedish page versions
    3. Change settings on /sitecore/content/Group/Settings/Datasources/pageteaser
    4. Change datasources on the Operations page
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