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Learning Force.com Application Development
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Learning Force.com Application Development

by Chamil Madusanka
April 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
406 pages
8h 50m
English
Packt Publishing
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Creating and customizing your first Force.com site

To create a Force.com site, you need to perform the following main steps:

  1. Register a domain name.
  2. Create a Force.com site using the domain name.
  3. Assign the Visualforce pages to the site.
  4. Set up the security access permissions.

Registering a domain name

To get started, first register the Force.com domain of your organization. Your Force.com domain must be unique and must consist of only alphanumeric characters. Salesforce.com recommends using your company's name or a variation of your company's name, such as eleaveportal. Perform the following steps to register a domain:

  1. Navigate to Setup | Develop | Sites. You'll see the domain setup screen:
  2. Enter a unique name as the domain prefix and click on Check ...
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ISBN: 9781782172796Supplemental Content