Overview of site URLs
Brightspot contains a number of ways to create and maintain URLs, including permalinks, redirects, and wildcard URLs. This section explains how to work with URLs in Brightspot.
A URL is an address that you type in your browser’s address bar, and every item that you publish in Brightspot has its own unique URL. The base portion of a URL typically starts with https:// followed by a domain name. The following table describes the different types of base URLs you can assign to each of your sites.
To learn how to configure or update various base URLs, see Configure base URLs.
| Type of base URL | Description |
|---|---|
| Site URL | Base portion of a URL a visitor uses to retrieve one of your published items. |
| Preview URL | Base portion of a URL used to preview content when using a headless environment. |
| Tool URL | Base portion of a URL that editors use to log in to Brightspot. |
For example, Sally is an editor. She was hired by Brightspot, which in this example has three publications—Example Site 1, Example Site 2, and Example Site 3—and Sally is publishing content to all three. The following table shows how Brightspot has set up its domain names:
| Site | Base URL | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Brightspot | http://editors.\{Brightspot-site\}.com | Tool URL |
| Example Site 1 | http://www.\{example-site-1\}.com | Site URL |
| Example Site 2 | http://www.\{example-site-2\}.com | Site URL |
| Example Site 3 | http://www.\{example-site-3\}.com | Site URL |
When Sally comes to work every morning, she logs in to Brightspot using the address http://editors.``{brightspot-site}.com/cms. Whenever she works on an article, she sees URLs similar to the following in her browser—regardless of the site to which she is publishing content.
http://editors.{brightspot-site}.com/cms/content/edit.jsp?typeId=0000&id=11111
In the above URL, http://editors.{brightspot-site}.com is the base URL, and /cms/content/edit.jsp?typeId=0000&id=11111 is the path.
Visitors who want to read one of her articles see a URL similar to the following in their browsers.
http://www.{example-site-1}.com/example-content
In the above URL, http://www.{example-site-1}.com is the site URL, and /example-content is the permalink.
To learn how to configure or update various base URLs, see Configure base URLs.