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  5. Publish to website

Publish and deploy website

You can publish a website from RapidValue in which you can include your solutions or an already existing website.

You can store a published website in several ways:
  • RapidValue file share
  • Local folder
  • Azure file storage
You can deploy the website from the location where you stored it.
Note
If required, you can exclude a part of a solution from publishing to a website. To do so, set the relevant business process to 'Out of scope'. Refer to 'Define project scope'.


Consultant Consultant Consultant Publish website Publish website You can publish a whole website. Both the title page and the defined tiles are included. Where the website is stored depends on the storage type as set for the website. Procedure 1. Click Business process file share. 2. Click Websites. 3. In the list, find and select the desired website. 4. Click Publish. 5. Click Publish website. 6. Expand the Run in the background section and fill in the fields as required. 7. Click OK. Publish solution Publish solution You can publish a single solution to a website. Where the solution website is stored depends on the storage type as set for the website. Procedure 1. Click Business process file share. 2. Click Websites. 3. In the list, find and select the desired website. 4. In the list, click the link in the selected row. 5. Click the Tiles tab. 6. In the list, find and select the desired tile of type Solution. 7. Click Publish solution. 8. Expand the Run in the background section and fill in the fields as required. 9. Click OK. Notes You cannot separately publish custom tiles. Start Start Publish title page Publish title page You can publish only the title page of a website. Where the published website title page is stored depends on the storage type as set for the website. Procedure 1. Click Business process file share. 2. Click Websites. 3. In the list, find and select the desired website. 4. Click Publish. 5. Click Publish title page. 6. Expand the Run in the background section and fill in the fields as required. 7. Click OK. What to publish? What to publish? Deploy and use published website Deploy and use published website Whether you publish a website, a title page, or a solution, in all cases a set of folders and files is created. You can use these folders and files to publish this content to your website. How to publish the content to your website depends on the storage type:RapidValue file share - You can download the ZIP file and unzip it to your website location.Local folder or Azure file storage - You can take the published folders and files from the defined location (if this is not yet the website folder) and copy these to your website location.A published website can have several navigation options: Title bar - A bar shown at the top of each pane. The left link opens the title page of the website. The right link opens the solution main page.Navigation pane - A bar shown below the title bar of a page that shows the navigation to the currently shown page. The most-left link opens the title page of the website. The second-from-left link opens the solution main page. This pane is only shown if defined in the solution tile detailed settings.Table of contents pane - The business process hierarchy is shown as table of contents in a pane at the left of a page. This pane is only shown if defined in the solution tile detailed settings.Title search - A search option at the top of the table of contents that you can use to search on the titles in the table of contents.Full-text search - A search option at the top-right of the title bar that you can use to search on any term used in any topic on the product website. To use this, enter the search term and then click the click the search button.Provide feedback button - Depending the website tile settings, you can use this button to enter internal or external feedback:Internal feedback: The feedback is entered in the RapidValue environment from which the website is published. You can only provide feedback if you are a user in this environment.External feedback: This button opens a form that you can use to give feedback on the topic. On submitting the filled-in form, the feedback is saved in SharePoint. A notification email with feedback details is sent to the owner as defined on the related website tile. The owner can review the feedback and take appropriate actions. To use this, an additional license and a SharePoint site are required. End End Website Solution Title page

Activities

Name Responsible Description

Publish website

Consultant

 		You can publish a whole website. Both the title page and the defined tiles are included.
Where the website is stored depends on the storage type as set for the website.

Publish solution

Consultant

 		You can publish a single solution to a website.
Where the solution website is stored depends on the storage type as set for the website.

Publish title page

Consultant

You can publish only the title page of a website.

Where the published website title page is stored depends on the storage type as set for the website.

Deploy and use published website

Consultant
Whether you publish a website, a title page, or a solution, in all cases a set of folders and files is created. You can use these folders and files to publish this content to your website.
How to publish the content to your website depends on the storage type:
  • RapidValue file share - You can download the ZIP file and unzip it to your website location.
  • Local folder or Azure file storage - You can take the published folders and files from the defined location (if this is not yet the website folder) and copy these to your website location.
A published website can have several navigation options:
  • Title bar - A bar shown at the top of each pane. The left link opens the title page of the website. The right link opens the solution main page.
  • Navigation pane - A bar shown below the title bar of a page that shows the navigation to the currently shown page. The most-left link opens the title page of the website. The second-from-left link opens the solution main page. This pane is only shown if defined in the solution tile detailed settings.
  • Table of contents pane - The business process hierarchy is shown as table of contents in a pane at the left of a page. This pane is only shown if defined in the solution tile detailed settings.
  • Title search - A search option at the top of the table of contents that you can use to search on the titles in the table of contents.
  • Full-text search - A search option at the top-right of the title bar that you can use to search on any term used in any topic on the product website. To use this, enter the search term and then click the click the search button.
  • Provide feedback button - Depending the website tile settings, you can use this button to enter internal or external feedback:
    • Internal feedback: The feedback is entered in the RapidValue environment from which the website is published. You can only provide feedback if you are a user in this environment.
    • External feedback: This button opens a form that you can use to give feedback on the topic. On submitting the filled-in form, the feedback is saved in SharePoint. A notification email with feedback details is sent to the owner as defined on the related website tile. The owner can review the feedback and take appropriate actions. To use this, an additional license and a SharePoint site are required.

Provide feedback