The main interface of the Workplace Wizard displays the fields that are utilized to make the key selections to build a new workplace. It is displayed when you first drag and drop the Workplace Wizard web part onto a page.
NOTE: The Site URL, Site Title, and Site Description fields can be used if you want to override the default values defined in the blueprint for the top-level site to be created. They do not affect any lower-level sites created by the Workplace Wizard.
(Optional) This is the URL of the new workplace to be created. You can leave this field blank to create a site in the default location, you can specify the new site’s fully qualified URL (e.g., like http://yoursite/newsite), or you can append the new site to the current site URL by preceding your new site’s name with a "/" (e.g., /newsite). The latter two options will override the URL value defined in the blueprint.
Winter 2006 Update Enhancements
As of the Winter 2006 Update, sites can be built from both http and https URLs.
Another change made for the Winter 2006 Update affects the way the Workplace Wizard verifies URLs and determines how to build out blueprints with multiple parallel sites. Now, the Wizard will verify the user-provided URL, with the assumption that the identified site has already been built and you want to build under it, and will display an error if the site does not exist yet. The build will not proceed.
When the Workplace Wizard was originally developed, it was designed to build a single hierarchy of sites. It was not created to build multiple parallel, top-level sites; it assumed there was only one top-level site. The Winter 2006 Update version of the Wizard allows greater scalability and consistency. Regardless of how the beginning URL is defined, you can always create multiple parallel sites and the expected site hierarchy is always preserved.
• If you do not identify a URL in the Site URL field, the Wizard will begin the build directly under the current site.
• If you identify a relative URL, the Wizard will verify that the relative URL exists and then begin the build directly below the relative URL.
• If you identify a full URL, the Wizard will verify that the URL exists and then begin the build directly below that URL.
(Optional) This field is used to define the title for the top-level workplace to be created. You can leave this field blank to use the default site title defined in the blueprint, or you can specify your own. This will override the title value defined in the blueprint.
Site Description
(Optional) This field is used to identify the description for the workplace to be created. You can leave this field blank to use the default site description defined in the blueprint, or you can specify your own. This will override the description value defined in the blueprint.
Review Settings
Click this button to review all your entries. A status table will appear for each item, indicating an OK or an ERROR in each row.
Build It
Click this button to build the workplace. This button is only available if there are no errors when you click Review Settings. When the build is complete, a status is provided.