Each site has settings and capabilities that administrators, the site's owner, and site editors can configure.
Configure basemaps and extent
Set the basemap and extent to indicate the geographic area represented by your site. By default, on a content preview page, the map zooms to the extent of a dataset and displays the basemap set for the site. If the item extent is not set, the map shows the extent set for the site. If the extent or basemap is not set at the site level, the map uses the organization settings for each.
To configure the basemap and extent, complete the following steps:
- Open a site in edit mode.
- Select Settings on the side panel.
- Select Set basemap and use the drop-down menu to select a basemap.
Note:
If you don't see the custom basemap you want, add the basemap to the gallery or contact your ArcGIS Online administrator. - Set the extent by zooming and panning to a location on the map.
- Select Apply.
Configure meta tags
Meta tags are bits of HTML code crawled by search engine robots such as Google. Meta tags can help control and optimize how your site (and pages) appear in search engine results. Site editors can add custom meta tags in the site editor by navigating to the Customize side panel, Settings, then Meta tags.
A common practice to prevent a site from showing in public internet search results is to apply the <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> tag. Site editors cannot override or replace default meta tags set by Hub such as "description", "title", and "og:image". Default "title" and "description" meta tags can be changed by modifying the site Name and Summary fields.
Note:
We strongly recommend not configuring URL redirects on Hub sites using meta tags.
Configure interactions
Administrators, site owners, and edit group members can enable or disable the following:
To configure site interactions, complete the following steps
- Open a site in edit mode.
- Select Settings on the side panel.
- Select Interactions and choose to enable or disable the following:
- Global navigation—See Configure global navigation and menu links.
- Product branding—The ArcGIS Hub product footer includes a "Built with ArcGIS Hub" label at the bottom of all pages on your site.
- Embedded apps—All sites have this setting which controls how applications open when a user selects a configured gallery card, application card, or search result. Enable this setting if you want the application to open within the context of your site's header and global navigation bar (with information side panel). If the setting is disabled, the application will open externally.
- Embedded links—This setting controls how content opens that is registered as a document link in ArcGIS Online. Enable this setting if you want the item to open in an explore view, within the context of your site's header and global navigation bar (with information side panel). Document links may not always open as embedded, as many websites have security protocols that restrict embedding to one website only. If the setting is disabled, the application will open externally.
- Follow tab—Ensure that your site's followers group is shared publicly to display the follow button as an in-page action.
- Sharing—The share button
provides a link for general sharing on desktop and mobile views and enables
one-click sharing to social media. The button is located at the side of a site and any pages and views attached to it. - Discussions—See how discussions work (requires ArcGIS Hub Premium license).
- Content side panel—Enable the side panel that appears on all explore views to open automatically or remain closed for each of the apps, maps, data, and documents content families.
- Select Save settings.