{"id":3433,"date":"2024-04-04T02:50:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T23:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/juhendid\/?page_id=3433"},"modified":"2025-04-04T10:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T07:48:24","slug":"publishing-the-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/juhendid\/publishing-the-site\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Publishing the site, SEO and analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, the website being created is private \u2013 only the creator and administrator can see it if they are logged in to Sisu@UT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. To publish the website:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The website status can be changed from the <strong><em>Theme settings, General, Page status <\/em><\/strong>settings:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Public <\/strong>(<em>Public and indexable<\/em>)- accessible at a specific URL, searchable by search engines.\u00a0<strong>(recommended option)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public restricted <\/strong>(<em>Public, but not indexable<\/em>)<strong> <\/strong>\u2013 accessible at a specific URL but not searchable by search engines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Private <\/strong>\u2013 accessible only to a logged-in users who has the right to manage or look the corresponding website\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Closed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/avalikustamine-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3580\" title=\"avalikustamine.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/avalikustamine-1.png 971w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/avalikustamine-1-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/avalikustamine-1-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding a site preview image<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you make your site public, be aware that the nine most recently updated sites are displayed in the <em>Last updated sites block <\/em>on the Sisu@UT homepage <a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee<\/a>, which have by default preview image (the university logo on a blue background). You can add a unique site preview image (<em>Theme settings, General, Site preview image<\/em>). The maximum and minimum sizes of the site preview image are given in the help text (the maximum width is 1800 px and maximum height 800 px, the minimum width is 320 px and minimum height is 240 px), and in the site media section, you can crop and scale a previously uploaded image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public sites are also displayed on the corresponding category page, referenced from the top menu of the Sisu@UT homepage, to which the site belongs. In the category list, the most recently updated sites are displayed at first, and a preview image and description of the site are also displayed next to each site. If there is no description, you can add it to your site (<em>Settings, Description<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2 Individual page visibility options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In website, the visibility of a specific page can be changed in edit mode (Edit page in the top bar) from the page settings (button in the upper right corner) in the <strong>Visibility <\/strong>section: \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the page can be made private<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>protect with a password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/nahtavus.png\" alt=\"N\u00e4htavus\" class=\"wp-image-930\" title=\"nahtavus.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/nahtavus.png 971w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/nahtavus-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/nahtavus-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Add metadata to website (search engine optimization):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to be able to optimize your website for search engines, activate the <strong>Simple SEO<\/strong> application in the Plugins section and confirm <strong>Apply<\/strong> at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/seo1.png\" alt=\"SEO\" class=\"wp-image-931\" title=\"seo1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/seo1.png 971w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/seo1-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/seo1-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For adding metadata click <strong><em>Settings, Simple SEO<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add metadata:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Title<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Description<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Keywords<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Google Verification Code<\/em>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to\u00a0<strong>Google Search Console\u00a0<\/strong>(https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/about) website using your own Google account. Click on\u00a0<strong>Start now<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose \u201c<strong>URL prefix<\/strong>\u201d and add the full Sisu@UT address starting with https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/\u2026. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then find \u201c<strong>Other verification methods<\/strong>\u201d and under it \u201c<strong>HTML tag<\/strong>\u201d. Copy the code to your selected text editor eg NotePad.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From copied code select the part between content=\u201d<strong>\u2026<\/strong>\u201d so the code between quotation marks and add it to\u00a0your Sisu@UT\u2019s website Dashboard<strong> Setting &gt; Simple SEO<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<strong>Google Verification Code<\/strong>\u00a0field and save.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then go back to Google Search Console website and click on \u201c<strong>Verify<\/strong>\u201c. If you get a success message then you are connected to Google Search Console.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google Search Console also accepts sites <em>Sitemap<\/em>, which WordPress generates on following aadress:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/[websitename]\/wp-sitemap.xml<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OR if subdomain is in use then: <code>https:\/\/[subdomain].ut.ee\/wp-sitemap.xml<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/seo2.png\" alt=\"SEO\" class=\"wp-image-932\" style=\"width:892px;height:auto\" title=\"seo2.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/seo2.png 971w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/seo2-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/seo2-768x535.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Google Analytics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Analytics can be added by accessing <strong>Dashboard <\/strong>and choosing\u00a0<strong>Theme settings<\/strong> from left menu, next open <strong>Analytics<\/strong> tab and enter your priorly setup <strong>Google Analytics Measurement ID<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PS! In order to use Google Analytics you\u2019ll need a personal Google account. <strong>Google Analytics Measurement ID<\/strong> can be created by following the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/analytics\/answer\/9304153\">Google\u2019s documentation<\/a> or by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.google.com\">https:\/\/analytics.google.com<\/a> directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, the website being created is private \u2013 only the creator and administrator can see it if they are logged in to Sisu@UT. 1. 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