Project configuration page
Key point: Update your project configuration or default group properties.

Only administrators can configure projects.

Click the Save button at the bottom of the page to save any changes you have made.

Project title, name and description

Project title

The title is a user-friendly name to display in the user interface. This is useful if the project name contains abbreviations, acronyms or underscores. The title can include punctuation and spaces to describe the project. It’s not recommended to use hyphens in project titles.

  • Restrict the length to 100 characters

The title is optional, and if left empty, the project name is then displayed.

Project name

The Name field auto-fills with the project title, but it can be changed. 

The name of the project is required, must be a unique filename system-wide and is used as a prefix for all subprojects and groups under that project. It is also used as the project template name. 

The “URL” is the fundamental building block of PageSeeder. Because the project and group names express context for the URLs that represent content and functionality, it is important the names do not conflict with existing system URLs or the URL syntax itself

Project name restrictions

To avoid inconsistent, ambiguous or non-compliant URLs, projects must be named according to the following conventions:

  • A project name can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, underscore _ or tilde ~.
  • Restrict the length to 20 characters.
  • Top level projects cannot start with a non-alpha character or be named the following: admin, default, member, public.

Because the full name of a project includes the name of its parent project, [project]-[subproject], and is used in URLs and email addresses, it’s a good idea to keep project names short. We recommend that the full name of a project not exceed 40 characters.

Rename a project

Changing the project title is much less risky than changing the project name. Unless people fully understand the consequences, they should NOT change the name.

Renaming a project changes the URLs for content and functionality.

Click the Rename... button to open the dialog, You see warnings:

  • Renaming this project changes ALL the URLs for subprojects and groups under it.
  • ALL their documents will be moved to the new name.
  • Links in old emails and the group email addresses will no longer be valid.

Enter the new name for your project – required.

By default, all the groups under the project are re-indexed – clear the checkbox if you don’t want to re-index.

Project description

A short description is required and is often displayed as a subtitle of the project in the user interface and in emails.

Advanced options

These options are configurable in more than one place. Rather than duplicate the documentation, all relevant information is available in the advanced options (project) document.

Group properties

These properties are configurable in more than one place. Where in the system the changes are made, determines the scope of the update. For example, a change at the project level affects the subprojects and groups it contains. A change at group level only affects that group. Rather than duplicate the documentation, all relevant information is available in the group properties form document.

How to find this page

Administration menu >  [Project] > Administration > Project configuration