Reset Site Tab

The Reset Site tab provides the Web Administrator with the ability to rebuild a website by deleting the incorrect settings in Author-it Website Manager. The files in the Content and Experience folders are not affected, or deleted.

Resetting the site deletes:

• The live website
• All settings displayed in the live mode for Languages, Experiences, or Global Placeholders tabs
• The rollback points
• Review settings in the Languages, Experiences, or Global Placeholders tabs, if they have been selected on the Reset Site tab

When the live settings have been cleared, the associations in the Languages, Experiences, or Global Placeholders review tabs are recreated, and any new associations are created. When the review site has been corrected, the live site can be recreated.

Tip: If you need to rebuild the website, you will often recreate a number of the original settings, then add or adjust a few other associations. We suggest working with the Web browser's AutoComplete function enabled, as it will substantially reduce the time taken to recreate the settings.

Note: You cannot delete individual settings within the Languages, Experiences, or Global Placeholders screens. Selecting an option deletes all settings that have been created in that screen. For example, if four languages have been set up in the Content screen, the settings for all languages will be deleted.

To Reset the Site:

1. Open the Support screen and select the Reset Site tab
2. If you want to delete the review settings select the check boxes next to Languages, Experiences, or Global Placeholders (or any combination of the three). If you do not want to delete the review settings leave the check boxes empty.
3. Choose the Reset Site button. The live website, all live settings, and any selected review settings are deleted.