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General Deploy Rules

Deploy rules are there to maintain content integrity on linked sites. 

1. Deployment is cancelled if edited object is not found.
2. Deployment will fail if an object is in draft mode (if Page Preview is on).

Step-by-step

Enable/disable Deploy

1. In the CMS, go to Settings → Settings → Content → Linked Sites.
   
   
   
2. Toggle ON/OFF Linked Sites.
   
   
3. When enabled, Deploy buttons or links will display for deployable objects. (NOTE - For Role and menu deployment, see: Deploy Role and menus.) 
   
   Deploy disabled                                                                   Deploy enabled
    
4. The Content Deployment Log will also be available on the Advanced Content menu. See: View Deployment Log.
   
   

Add linked sites

Sites that share an organisation Id are treated as in a network. You may not always want to deploy a set of changes to all available sites. What sites a deployment instance can select from is set in Feature Settings.

To add sites that content can be deployed to:

1. Go to Settings → Settings → Content → Linked Sites.
   
   
2. Click Configure.
   
   
3. Scroll down to the Sites section.
   
   
4. Toggle on one or more sites from the available sites.
   
   
5. Click Save.

Deploy lockable objects

The contents of a lockable object must be in locked status to be deployable. if unlocked, only the unlock status is deployed. This is used to allow users on linked sites to edit content. You'll know when an object is deployable by the displayed Deploy button or link under Options. If your site uses Page Preview and an object is deployed before Publishing, it will be deployed in the Draft mode.

1. Go to the locked object. 
   
   
2. Locate the Deploy button and click it.
   
   
   
3. In the Deploy modal, select individual objects to deploy or toggle Select All.
   
   
   
4. Click the Next button.
   
   
5. Select one or more available deployment sites.
   
   
   
6. Click Next.
   
   
7. Check the summary of items to be deployed.
   
8. To confirm deployment, click Deploy.
   
   
9. Check the deployment results. NOTE - The result for each individual site is displayed separately. 
   
   
   
10. You can check the deployment details for more information. On the Results modal, click the link.
    
    
    
11. Check the deployment details. You can enter notes about the deployment. 
    

  

Deploy non-lockable objects

Non-lockable objects need additional setting to be enabled for deployment.

To deploy a non-lockable object:

1. In the CMS, go to  Settings → Settings → Content → Linked Sites.
   
   
2. Click Configure.
   
   
3. In Linked Sites Feature Settings, toggle ON the feature type(s) you want to deploy.  
   
   
   
4. Click Save.

Deploy Role Settings

Role settings changes are deployed from the Deployment section of the Linked Site Feature Settings page.

To deploy Role changes:

1. In the CMS, go to  Settings → Settings → Content → Linked Sites.
   
   
2. Click Configure.
   
   
3. In Linked Sites Feature Settings, toggle ON Enable Role Deployment.  
   
4. Click the Deploy button displayed.
    
5. In the Deploy modal, select one or more Roles to deploy.
   
   
6. Click Next. 
   
   
7. Select the linked sites for deployment. 

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View Deployment Log

To check deployment results:

1. In the CMS, go to Content → Advanced Content → Content Deployment Log.
   
   
   
2. Use the Search tool to find the deployment instance. 
   
   
   
3. Click Edit for the deployment instance you want to view.
   

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