Starting Version 5.8, the concepts of a Launchpad and a Default Site were introduced to facilitate user access when the same business has multiple sites, say, an ERP site, a Web Store and an Employee Portal.

The default site can be expressly defined in

     System Administration->Settings->Defaults
     

If you do not define a default site, the system automatically determines default site in the following manner:

• If there is only one active site in the business, it automatically assumed to be the default site, or lese
• If you have an active site named Home in the business, or else
• If you have an active site named ERP in the business, or else
• Any active site randomly assigned.

To access a site directly from your URL, say, mydomain.com, use

• http://mydomain.com to access the directory.
• http://myshortname.mydomain.com to access the default site of the business whose short name is myshortname.
• http://mysitename.myshortname.mydomain.com to access the site mysitename.

Notes:

(1) For the global directory to work correctly, make sure your system has business id 1 which implements the global directory. Run the following SQL commands from initdb to update the site.

update zbusiness set zorg='Directory of Sites' where zid=1;	
update pxskins set xtemplate='Global.html', xcss='Global.css' where zid=1;
update pxsites set xpathsite=''  where zid=1;

(2) Copy the index.html from the repository and overwrite the existing one on both da and ROOT contexts.

The Launchpad is the default Home site for a business which can be used by the internal users to launch various sites in the business. When you launch a site from the Launchpad, you always return to Launchpad. Outside users may be given only the URL directly going to the sites of their interest.

To install Launchpad for a business, after logging in to the ERP site, delete the portal as well as the skin with the name Home, if any. Thereafter, change the page parameter to page=catest to start the test page. Once in catest, Run the command

call caaddhome

Now, if you click on the company name/logo in the Directory or access using http://myshortname.mydomain.com you will be taken to the Launchpad of the business.