There are a number of settings that can be controlled that will impact how your web site works in Recite CMS. These can be managed by clicking Web Site Settings dialog.
at the top-right of the Control Panel. This will load theThere are a number of different settings bundles that can be configured, each of which is listed in the left-hand column of the settings dialog. Select a bundle to load the available settings.
Once the bundle is loaded, update any settings as required. If you try to switch bundles before saving your changes, you will be prompted to either save or discard your changes.
Hover your mouse over the help icon to the right of each setting for an explanation of its purpose.
Click the
button to save changes to the current bundle. Clicking on will close the settings dialog.Recite CMS allows you to put your web site into maintenance mode. If somebody visits your web site and it is in maintenance mode, they will be shown a message to indicate that the site is currently undergoing maintenance.
You can control whether or not your site is in maintenance mode using the Maintenance Settings section of the web site settings.
When your site is in maintenance mode, a message is display at the top of the Control Panel indicating so. You can take it out of maintenance mode either by clicking the
link in the header, or through the site settings dialog.Recite CMS uses a technique called caching to significantly speed up access to your web site. This works by saving a static copy of some content so only minimal processing is required when somebody accesses your site.
In some cases the cached data may not clear immediately, meaning newly added or updated content may not appear right away. If you want it to appear immediately, you can clear the cache.
To clear the cache, access the Cache Settings section of the settings dialog and click .
Recite CMS allows you to easily specify settings for controlling how your web
site is automatically crawled by search engines. When managing web site settings,
load the Global Settings bundle and enter the contents of the
robots.txt
file in the appropriate field.
Now when you visit the /robots.txt
file on your web site
you will be shown what you enter in the text field.