This presentation was conducted by Shivanath Devinarayanan and focusses on Force.com Sites at Salesforce Kerala Developer User Group 2nd Meetup. How to configure force.com sites, Difference between force.com sites and Site.com , Best Practices, Limits and Security

1. Force.com Sites
Shivanath Devinarayanan
Salesforce Evangelist
@shivanathd

2. #SalesforceKerala

3. Agenda
 What is Force.com Sites ?
 Site.com & Force.com Sites
 How to Implement ?
 Security & Profile
 Example Sites
 Best Practices

4. Force.com Sites & Site.com
Force.com Sites Site.com
 Uses a Sites Guest User License and Portal User  Uses a Sites Guest User License
Licenses  Public (unauthenticated) sites only
 Unauthenticated & Authenticated  No custom visualforce component
 Support for custom pages using VF, JS, CSS etc. support
 Supports custom visualforce components  Allows read access to CRM data via
 Access to all Force.com objects (repeaters)
 Developer must edit content on pages or build own  WYSIWYG page editor with drag and
CMS controls drop support.

5. What is Force.com sites?
 Public, Unauthenticated Web Sites & Apps
 Accessed from Branded Domain Names
 Built with Visualforce pages
 Access Data and Content in Salesforce Securely
 Cached at the Edge Around the World (CDN)
 Integrated Google Analytics and reporting

6. Branded Domains
www.universal.com CNAME universal.force.com

7. Multiple Sites per Organization
 Each Site can have http://kerala.force.com/locations/index
 A Unique Security Model Force.com Domain Path Home
 A Unique Top Level Domain Page
 A Unique Look and Feel
• Domain Uniquely Identifies the Organization
• Domain + Path Identifies a Site
• All Pages Retrieved from /apex collection

8. Components & Templates
Using Components Using Templates
Page 1 Page 2 Template A Template A
Component Component
A A
Page 1 Page 2
• <c:componentName> • <apex:composition template=‘myTemplate’>

9. Authentication and SSL
 Authentication
 To a Portal User
 To a Platform/CRM User
 Over SSL like we do today
 SSL Options
 Wildcard Certificate for *.force.com subdomain included
 Top Level Domain
 Salesforce.com Hosts your SSL Certificate
 Dedicated IP Addresses in Both Data Centers

10. When to Use Sites?
 Public Entry for Portals  Intranet Sites
 Registration  Employee Directory
 Branded Login  Facilities
 Public Knowledge Bases  Rich Internet Applications
 Partner Finders  Event Registration and
 Web Forms Management
 Web to Anything from a Hosted/Branded  Recruiting App
Wizard  Commerce Site
 Customer / Supplier Surveys  RSS Feeds from Salesforce Data

11. Steps Involved
1. Register a custom Force.com domain for your organization.
2. Create and configure your site.
3. Develop and use VF pages for your site.
4. Choose a site template.
5. Enable a portal for login or self-registration.
6. Optionally, modify public access settings.
7. Click Activate on the Site Details page.

12. Best practices
 Watch the Limits
 Bandwidth
 Page Views
 Service request time
 Use HTTPS only if required
 Google Analytics

13. Examples

14. What are your
thoughts?
shivanathd @shivanathd shivanathd mail@shivanathd.com