The
Site Actions section of the Site Settings page provides a set of tools
that allow the administrator to enable site features, reset to a site
definition, delete the site, or view reports about activity on the site.
If the site is a nonpublishing site, the administrator will be able to
save the site as a template and include content, assuming it is less
than 50MB of data.
Site features are reviewed
in more detail later in this section, but enable the site collection
administrator to control which toolsets are available to site collection
and site users.
The reports can be very useful
for a site collection administrator to see the number of users visiting a
specific site and the top pages visited on that site and who the top
visitors are, while the site collection reports add information on
overall activities for the site collection as well as for search
activity. Viewing search activity can be very useful for site collection
administrators because if certain terms keep appearing in search terms,
they should probably be incorporated into the taxonomy for the
organization, if they aren’t already.
The Site Actions section contains the following tools:
Manage Site Features.
Save Site as Template—
Not available for publishing sites, this tool is very useful for saving
sites that have been customized for specific uses, such as for specific
types of groups of users such as US Departments, EMEA Departments,
Small Projects, Cross Departmental Projects, Team Blog, and so on.
Reset to Site Definition—
This tool is generally only used in situations where the site or a page
on the site is damaged. Using this tool will remove all customizations
from a page or all pages on the site, including web part zones, custom
controls, and inline text.
Delete This Site— Permanently deletes the site and all of its contents. A deleted site will not appear in the Recycle Bin of the parent site.
Site Web Analytics Reports— Provides reports of Traffic and Inventory for the site, an example of which is shown in Figure 1.
Site Collection Web Analytics Reports— Provides the same reports as Site Web Analytics, but for the site collection, and includes Search usage reports.
