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'.

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.

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.