Site Managers' Start Guide

Go to the Basic Site Settings page and review/update:
- Site name field (recommended)
- Slogan field (optional)
- Email address field (note: this is the address displayed in the From field of any emails generated from your site)
- Contact e-mail address or link
  If using the /contact link, please refer to step 2, otherwise enter in the appropriate email address (individual or department addresses permitted)
- Site Credit information field
- Default 404 field - provide the pathway to a page you create and designate as your 404
Provide an email address for the website feedback email form by editing the webform and updating the default ‘jlhayes@ucdavisledu’ to your preferred individual or departmental email address. Navigate to Manage » Structure » Contact forms » Website feedback (Edit).
Add your site logo or disable the default included with SiteFarm.
Add a favicon, if desired.
Add new users.
Delete the Sample Article and Sample Event demo pages by navigating to Manage » All content.
Plan main navigation bar:
- Review existing menu links and disable those you don’t need.
- Create basic pages and enable their display in the menu for new sections’ landing pages or create manual links for external site destinations.
- Decide on menu style (default drop-down, single link, mega menu).
Enable the ability to use Workflows, including saving as a Draft or unpublishing and saving to Archive. Contributors aren’t required to take the Accessibility training if Workflows for all content types is enabled.
Configure Google Analytics, if using.
Set your frontpage description for display in search engine results pages.
- If using the block regions, use the in-page SEO.
- If using Layout Builder, use the Front page SEO section found by navigating to Manage » Configuration » Search and Metadata section » Front page and updating the pertinent fields.
Set up SiteImprove.