3  Uninstall the site

If a site is no longer to be used for Smallsite Design, it can be uninstalled, freeing up the site for another use.

A new domain URL can be specified so that all future accesses to the site are redirected to the same pages. If doing this, the site should be left as is for a few months so that visitors and search engine bots will still find the content. Search engines will eventually transfer any site ranking to the new site.

Steps

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The role to perform this procedure is: Master manager.

To remove all content of a site:1Go to the Site page◢

by clicking on the Site jump in the final list item of the Access section of the Work list page.

2Initiate the action◢

by clicking on the Uninstall site option.

3Optionally, specify a URL to redirect to◢☰︎

by typing the target URL into the New domain URL.

Any text after the domain will be removed before being used as the target URL.

If some parts of the URL are Unicode, pasting in a URL from a browser address bar will likely result in those parts starting with xn-- text. Replace those parts with plain Unicode text, especially if wanting to edit them.

4Confirm the transfer◢by:

1. 1.Clicking on the Submit checkbox.
2. 2.Clicking on the resulting Submit checkbox.
3. 3.Clicking on the resulting Confirm button.

The response is:

1. a.All the files and folders used by Smallsite Design are removed.
2. b.If no New domain URL was provided, an error page is displayed.
3. c.If New domain URL was provided, its home page is displayed.
4. d.Redirections are handled by a customised .htaccess file in the site's root folder.
5. e.Any future visits will be redirected to the new domain, but with the current path.