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This is a Commerce Vision multisite feature. It can be used with Content Lock. Implementation requires consultation with Commerce Vision.
Overview
The Content Deploy feature allows CMS administrator roles to copy over content from one CSS website to other CSS websites in their organisation's network. Once implemented, administrators can enable/disable the feature as needed. Destination sites must be on the same version as the deploying site.
What can be deployed?
- Lockable data objects that are in locked status
- Pages and templates
- Layouts
- Articles, Article Types (check
- Banners / Banner Types check
- Widgets
- Campaigns
- Uunlocked status of a lockable data object check as cannot do right now
- Non-locking data objects
- Product details
- Product features
- Category structures and details
- Role settings
- Section menu items
For more on locking, see: Content Lock.
Accessing Content Deployment
When Content Deploy is available for a data or content object, you will see a Deploy button on the top right of the page and/or Deploy on the object's Options menu. In general, the Deploy button allows multiple data types and items to be selected for a deployment instance, and access from an object's menu limits deployment to that object.
Example: access to Deploy in Category Maintenance
(1) Access from the Deploy button allows more than one category to be selected in the deployment instance.
(2) Access from the 'Sports & Outdoors' Options menu will only display this category's deployable data for selection.
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Deploying Procedure
Selecting Deploy on a page or from an object's Options menu opens the Deploy modal. While there may be slight differences in what are selectable based on the type of content object being deployed, the deployment steps are generally the same. Select the data type(s) and item(s) to deploy, select the destination site(s), then click Deploy.
| 1. Toggle ON the data type(s) to deploy. 2. Toggle ON an item to deploy. If you're deploying multiple items, toggle ON each one or Select All. 3. Click Next. |
| 4. Toggle ON a linked site(s) to deploy to. 5. Click Next. |
| 6. Check deploy data and details are correct, then click Deploy. |
Deploy Rules and Result Messages
Deploy Rules
Deploy rules are there to maintain content integrity on linked sites.
- Deployment is cancelled if edited object is not found.
- Deployment will fail if an object is in draft mode (if Page Preview is on).
Result Messages
Successful
- single linked site - all changes to selected data type(s) and items have been deployed on the destination site.
- multiple linked sites - all changes to selected data type(s) and items have been deployed on all destination sites.
Failed
- single linked site - at least one change to selected data type(s) and items cannot be deployed and the whole deployment instance was cancelled. Nothing was deployed to the selected linked site.
- multiple linked sites - at least one change to selected data type(s) and items cannot be deployed on all sites and all deployment instances were cancelled. Nothing was deployed to all selected linked sites.
Partially successful
- multiple linked sites - all changes to data types of selected data type(s) and items were successfully deployed to at least one site but also failed for at least one site.
Administrator Functions
Enable/disable Content Deploy
- In the CMS, go to Settings → Settings → Content → Linked Sites.
- Toggle ON/OFF Linked Sites.
- 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
- 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:
- Go to Settings → Settings → Content → Linked Sites.
- Click Configure.
- Scroll down to the Sites section.
- Toggle on one or more sites from the available sites.
- Click Save.
Deploying 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.
- Go to the locked object.
- Locate the Deploy button and click it.
- In the Deploy modal, select individual objects to deploy or toggle Select All.
- Click the Next button.
- Select one or more available deployment sites.
- Click Next.
- Check the summary of items to be deployed.
- To confirm deployment, click Deploy.
- Check the deployment results. NOTE - The result for each individual site is displayed separately.
- You can check the deployment details for more information. On the Results modal, click the link.
- Check the deployment details. You can enter notes about the deployment.
Deploying non-lockable objects
Non-lockable objects need additional setting to be enabled for deployment.
To deploy a non-lockable object:
- In the CMS, go to Settings → Settings → Content → Linked Sites.
- Click Configure.
- In Linked Sites Feature Settings, toggle ON the feature type(s) you want to deploy.
- Click Save.
Deploying Role Settings
Role settings changes are deployed from the Deployment section of the Linked Site Feature Settings page.
To deploy Role changes:
- In the CMS, go to Settings → Settings → Content → Linked Sites.
- Click Configure.
- In Linked Sites Feature Settings, toggle ON Enable Role Deployment.
- Click the Deploy button displayed.
- In the Deploy modal, select one or more Roles to deploy.
- Click Next.
- Select the linked sites for deployment.
Viewing Deployment History & Results
To check deployment results:
- In the CMS, go to Content → Advanced Content → Content Deployment Log.
- Use the Search tool to find the deployment instance.
- Click Edit for the deployment instance you want to view.
Additional Information
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| Self Configurable |
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| Business Function |
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| BPD Only? |
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| B2B/B2C/Both |
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| Third Party Costs |
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