Create a Website (at account-level)

You set up account-level websites. For example, you may have a site that describes the events you run, with links to sites for those events.

Website Details

Name (Required) — Website name for admin-side use.
Display Title — The HTML "Title" attribute shown in the browser's title bar on the public-facing side.
URL — When you Save for the first time, the system creates a unique URL for the public-facing view of the Web site.
User Notes — Notes for use on the admin-side only.

Web Pages

Select the pages that you want to display on this website, and click "→" to transfer them from the Available Pages list on the left to the Visible Web Pages list on the right.

Click Up, Top, Down or Bottom to move a page in the Visible Web Pages list, setting the order of display on the public-facing side.

Tab Label — Customize the public-facing label for each tab selected in the Visible Web Pages. If you add new pages to the Visible Web Pages, then you must Save for that row to be added to the Tab Label list.

Security Settings

User Authentication Required? — Leave check box clear if the website should be open to anyone who has its URL. If selected, additional options appear.
Tab — Text for the "Tab" on the public-facing navigation bar. Leave blank to omit this navigation tab, e.g. for Single Sign-On.
Tab — Text for the "Tab" on the public-facing navigation bar. Leave blank to omit this navigation tab, e.g. for Single Sign-On.
Message — Text displayed on the public-facing side when a user logs out.
Content — Text displayed on the public-facing Page (if used).

User Authentication for the web site is required if any of the following web pages are added to the Visible Web Pages box: Meeting Requests/Details, Meeting Request Form, and My Profile.

User Authentication has two options. Either one option or both options must be selected.

Look for Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) message for Single Sign On (SSO)?

If selected, then the following options appear.

SSO System — Currently, the only option is Siteminder (Computer Associates).
SAML Field Name — This is the name of the field that the SSO System will post to the Website, i.e. where the system will look for SAML XML for single-sign on. Default: "SAMLResponse".
SSO Fails Message — Text to be displayed in error format if Single Sign-On is attempted but user authentication fails (e.g. if the SAML message is mal-formed or if the user doesn't exist in a Profile in the Website's account).

Collect Username and Password?

If selected, then the following options appear.

Username Field — Field the system will in for the user's unique identifier.
Display Label — Text to be displayed on the public-facing side to the left of the Username text field.
Password Field — Field the system will in for the user's password or confirming text.
Display Label — Text to be displayed on the public-facing side to the left of the Password text field.
Hide Text? — If selected, the password field will be displayed on the public-facing side as a "Password" field instead of a plain "Text" field. Any typed text will be displayed as "**" in order to hide the data entered.
Submit Button Label — Text to be displayed as the label on the Submit button on the public-facing side of page.
Fails Message — Text to be displayed in error format if User fails. This case includes when the user doesn't have a profile in the Web Site's account or when the entered data doesn't match its profile.

Note that in both authentication scenarios, the system compares the authentication values to the Website account's active profiles.

Allow profile creation?

To allow a new person without an existing profile to access the Website, select this check box.

If selected, the system can customize the Create Profile Message a new requester will see. Default: "If you do not have login information, then create a profile."

Previewing Websites

When creating websites, it is useful to view the site you are working on in a separate browser window.

You can toggle between Certain and the website preview.

You can view the effect of changes to website settings immediately.

There are three ways to preview a website:

1. Click the Preview button at the bottom left of any page inside the Web Sites tab. 2. On the Websites page, click the name of the site in the list of websites. 3. On the Setup page, when creating or editing a website, click the URL in the Web Site Details section.

After making changes to website settings in Certain, if the preview is open in a separate window rather than a separate tab you can toggle back to the preview by using the ALT-TAB key combination on your keyboard.

Once you see the website preview window, you'll need to refresh the browser.

For example, refresh the browser by pressing F5 key or clicking the Refresh button in the browser.