Reading path for owners of several sites
The order in which the owner and the site managers of a group of sites learn their installation. Follow it next to the reading path of each site's type. Each step names who should read the page.
The first week: who owns what
| # | Read | Who | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owners of several sites: start here | Owner, site managers | What is shared and what is per site |
| 2 | One installation, many sites | Owner | How the sites relate |
| 3 | Roles for your team | Owner | Managers and editors per site |
| 4 | Roles and policies | Administrator | Limiting a role to one site's part |
| 5 | Who does what | Owner | Partner, host and your team |
The first month: shared content and settings
| # | Read | Who | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shared content across brands | Site managers | Who may change shared items |
| 7 | Cross-site links | Site managers | Links that open in the right site |
| 8 | Per-brand designs | Owner | Each site its own look |
| 9 | Per-site settings and logs | Administrator | Settings and logs per site |
| 10 | Content calendar | Site managers | One calendar or one per site |
| 11 | Weekly owner routine | Site managers | The same checks on every site |
The first quarter: one installation, all sites
| # | Read | Who | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | How updates work | Owner | One upgrade reaches every site |
| 13 | Upgrades with your provider | Owner | Planning upgrades with all site owners |
| 14 | Backups | Owner | Restoring one site without the others |
| 15 | Monitoring | Owner, host | Every site's address watched |
| 16 | Adding a site | Owner | What a new brand or region needs |
| 17 | Adding a language | Owner | New markets |
| 18 | Contracts and SLAs | Owner | Agreements that cover every site |
| 19 | Multi-brand checklist | Owner | A review of the whole group |
If you have only one hour
Read steps 1, 3, 6 and 12: what is shared, roles per site, shared content and upgrades.
Related pages
- Owners of several sites: start here
- Multilingual reading path
- Customers reading path
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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