Managing Users' Sites

To register a site in the system:

1. On the navigation pane, click Sites.
2. Click Add New Site.
3. On the General tab
   • In the Site name field, provide any arbitrary name for the site.
   • In the Owner field, specify the user name of a registered Plesk Sitebuilder user you want to assign this site to. You will be able to change the owner of the site at any time.
4. Click the Publishing Settings tab.

   Note: For trial sites, this tab is disabled because you cannot publish a trial site until you upgrade it to a regular site.

   

   Trial site is a web site created by an anonymous user in the Wizard. A trial site has a limited lifetime period and cannot be published until its owner registers a Plesk Sitebuilder account.

5. Select a publishing mode: FTP, Virtuozzo, or XCOPY.

   The list of publishing modes and hosts available to a user you configure in this user's service plan. For details about setting up service plans, refer to Creating Service Plans.

6. If you select FTP publishing mode, provide the following parameters:
   • Host is the IP address or domain name of the FTP server.
     • If the maximum number of hosts allowed by your license is not unlimited, select a host from the list. This list consists of hosts you have registered in your Administrator Panel.
     • If the number of hosts allowed by your license is unlimited, you can specify any FTP server you have at your disposal. After you specify a custom host (i.e. a host that is not registered in your Plesk Sitebuilder), it will be automatically registered in the system and will appear in the list of hosts on the Hosts screen.
   • Port is the port for connecting to the specified FTP server.
   • Web site URL is the address the site will be available after publication.
   • Working directory is the path on the FTP server to the folder where the site files will be stored after publication.
   • If the FTP server is password protected, specify the access credentials in the Login and Password fields.
7. If you select XCOPY publication mode, provide the following parameters:
   • Host is the IP address, domain name, or machine name of the publishing server.
   • Web site URL is the address the site will be available at after publication.
   • Working directory is a name of the share on the server and the path to the files of your site. Do not include the name of the server into this path. For example: Sitebuilder\site1
8. If you select Virtuozzo publication mode, provide the following parameters:
   • Service Container is the IP address or domain name of the Service Container.
   • Port is the port for connecting to the Service Container.
   • Container identifier is the digital identifier of the Container on the hardware node.
   • Web site URL is the address the site will be available at after publication.
   • In the Login and Password fields, specify the credentials for accessing the Service Container.
9. To verify that the specified publishing location meets all the Plesk Sitebuilder requirements, click Verify Location.
10. Click OK.

After you register a site for a user, the site appears in this user's Administrator Panel. He or she can proceed to creating the content of the site in the Wizard by clicking the Edit icon for this site in the list.

Wizard is a part of Plesk Sitebuilder interface that enables users to create web sites and publish them on the Internet.

To publish a site:

1. On the navigation pane, click Sites.
2. Click the Publish icon opposite the site you want to publish.