Multi-sites in Sitecore are a useful way to host multiple sites on the same Sitecore instance. However, there are more steps than just adding your site into the <sites> section in the web.config. Below are 3 things that you should always remember to set in your configuration in a multi-site (or using a site name other than the default “website”) configuration – be sure to use include config files to do so!
- Make sure your site is listed under the ClearCache handler under the publish:end and publish:end:remote events. When you find yourself in a situation where you can’t figure out why your cached renderings aren’t updating with new content, this is likely why. This is especially important in a multi-server environment as the publish:end:remote will ensure that the HTML cache is cleared on publish on all of the content delivery servers. This config change needs to happen on all Sitecore servers.
- Add additional sections to the <cacheSizes> section for site-specific cache designations. By default, Sitecore includes cache sizing for the “website” site, however, if you have a site that’s not named “website”, you’ll want to add an additional section with the site name and the caching values for that site.
- Update the Preview.DefaultSite setting value to be the new site name. This setting lets Sitecore know which site to serve up when using the Experience Editor/Preview/Debug. If this is not set correctly, content authors will have a tough time when loading up Experience Editor to make content changes.
Let us know how you’ve implemented multi-sites in Sitecore in the comments below!
Thanks a lot. You saved me time 🙂