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Overview

An organisation Your company may have multiple associated websiteslinked CV websites under its organisational structure and control. Examples include corporations with multi-brand websites, businesses that offer distinct sets of products/services on different websites , businesses or with separate ecommerce stores in different regions, and . Or perhaps you're a franchiser-franchisee networks.Regardless of how individual websites may be different or similar to each other, on the network and head office needs to manage content and layout so that there is a consistent standard look and feel across all franchisee sites, enable updates and rollouts of promotional campaigns on many sites at the same time, 

On the CV ecommerce platform, linked websites are all sites that have been are grouped under the same Organisation Id. Depending on the organisation and business structureWhether individual websites are very different or similar to each other, there may be occasions for content to be shared across these sites or controlled across linked websites. by a source site.

Multisite Content Management Functions allow allows content sharing and control on two or more linked CV ecommerce websites.    Only linked websites can use  linked websites are all sites that have been on linked websites grouped under the same Organisation Id.

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What is content sharing and control?

• Content Lock allows lets specific content items to be locked on a website. Locked items can only be edited, deleted or deleted by certain CMS users on Role-based permissioningunlocked by the Admin or Content Admin roles. 
• Deploy Content allows saved content items from a source website to be copied over to one or more target websites remotely. When Used with Content Lock is also in use, lockable content items can be copied over in 'locked' status. This prevents any CMS user of a the target site from editing or deleting that item. They can view the item (except for widgets).        

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Can my business

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utilise Multisite Content Management?

Content Lock and Deploy Content can be used separately or in tandem, to provide solutions for a variety of purposes.

• Want content items to just be shareable across sites without adding publishing control? Enable Deploy Content only. This allows a non-lockable content item from any one site to be copied and published on any other site(s). It can always be edited and deleted by the target site's CMS users.
  
  
• Want some content items to be controlled by a single source site? Enable Content Lock and Deploy Content. Non-lockable content items can still be shared, unrestricted. But now, a lockable content item in 'locked' status can also be sent to be published automatically on the target site. The locked icon next to the item tells CMS users there that they cannot edit or delete it. To allow free the locked item for editing on the target site, just deploy the that content item again, this time in 'unlocked' status.
  
  
• Want content control as a single site business? Enable Content Lock only. Take advantage of the Role-based permissioning to restrict publishing of locked items to specific CMS roles or users.

These features are controlled by a new CMS Role - Content Administrator that can be assigned to specific CMS users. (with the existing Administrator role .

Multisite control 

Locking and deploying allow management of content across a network of multiple CV sites. Whether the sites are in a parent-child relationship (e.g., frOur role-based anchiser-franchisee sites) or just have some shared content, head office or management can control what content is centralised and what can be localised on individual sites. 

Managing multiple independent websites on the CV platform enables standardised design elements and content, quick rollouts of updates and upgrades across networked sites, and ready publishing of shared elements and customisations, 

Content Lock: By use of a Content Admin role with locking permissions, a user on a parent site can deploying a locked status to a content item, e.g., a template, widget, article, banner, etc, on child sites. 

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How does content control work? 

There is a new Role in CMS called Content Administrator. Together with CMS Admin, they can enable/disable Content Lock and Deploy Content as feature settings. 

Learn More: Content Lock  Deploy Content

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