Edit a site

After you create a site, use your workspace to edit and manage site information, configure a catalog, add pages and content, set sharing levels, and more. Use the site's Customize panel to define a theme, header, and footer. You can also design the layout, set up menu links, and more.

Open a site in edit mode

You can open a site in edit mode from a browser, ArcGIS Hub, or ArcGIS Online.

You can edit a site if one of the following is true:

• You own the site.
• You have administrative privileges in the organization where the site is hosted.
• You belong to the same edit group as the site.

To open a site in edit mode, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to ArcGIS Hub.

   Your workspace appears on the Overview tab. By default, the most recently updated sites are listed.

   Note:

   If you are already signed in, click your username in the top corner, and select View workspace to open your workspace.

2. In the table, find the site you want to open in edit mode, and click the Edit layout button .

   If the site is not listed in the table, do the following to find additional sites and open them in edit mode:

   1. Below the table, click View all sites.

      The Content tab appears with the filter for sites configured.

   2. In the item list, click the site's name.

      The site opens in view mode.

   3. On the action menu, click the Edit button .

The site opens in edit mode.

Manage a site

Administrators, site owners, and site editors can edit and manage a site in the workspace.

To manage a site, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to ArcGIS Hub.

   Your workspace appears on the Overview tab.

   Note:

   If you are already signed in, click your username in the top corner, and select View workspace to open your workspace.

2. In the table, find the site you want to manage, and click the Manage button .

   If the site is not listed in the table, do the following to find additional sites to manage:

   1. Below the table, click View all sites.

      The Content tab appears with the filter for sites configured.

   2. Click the Manage button .

   The workspace opens to where you can manage a site.

3. In the Details pane, add or edit the following information:
   • Title—Title changes are not applied to the site URL. Refer to Brand a site with header and theme options to add the site's title to its header.
   • Summary— The summary is included in the HTML metadata collected by search engines. For more information, refer to How do sites and pages appear as search results when using Google.
   • Thumbnail—This image is visible when a site is posted to social media.
   • Add additional details—Update the description. The description is visible when a site is posted to social media.
   • Increase discoverability—Add tags and categories to improve search results.
   • Location—Select a location setting for the site, and draw one or more features if needed.

   The updated details appear on the published site, except the tags and categories in Increase discoverability.

   Tip:

   You can also edit some of these details in ArcGIS Online.

4. Click Save.
5. Optionally, configure deletion management by doing the following:
   1. Click the Settings tab, and click General.
   2. In Deletion management, click the toggle button to turn it on.

   While deletion prevention is on, the Delete button cannot be clicked. This prevents the site from being accidentally deleted.

   Note:

   Site owners and organization administrators can delete the site. The site item will be permanently deleted from ArcGIS Online and any groups to which it was shared.

6. Use the remaining tabs to update the following settings if necessary:
   • Monitor the site dashboard
   • Configure a catalog of content
   • Configure a catalog of events
   • Configure followers
   • Update a site's default URL
   • Privacy configurations
   • Configure and manage feeds
   • Set sharing level and group access
   • Manage discussions in a site
   • Configure the ArcGIS Hub assistant (beta)

Customize a site

To customize a site, complete the following steps:

1. Open a site in edit mode.
2. Click the Customize Toggle button to open the Customize pane if necessary.

   The Customize pane includes a button to review the pages associated to the site and heading for customizations you can make for the site.

3. Click the Number of associated pages button to view pages linked to the site.

   The site layout editor includes the Pages and Migration tabs. The Pages tab shows all pages that are in the groups of the site's content catalog. Pages that appear in the catalog's groups are now part of the site. The Migration tab shows all pages that are linked to the site using the former method of adding pages to a site. Each page listed must be migrated.

   Note:

   Hub supports linked pages added in classic edit mode for approximately one year following the release of workspaces in general availability (June 2025).

4. Click the back button to return to the Customize pane.
5. Click Settings to configure site settings.
6. Use the Header, Theme, and Footer menus to brand the site with header and theme options.

   Note:

   On smaller devices, such as mobile phones, the header collapses into a drop-down menu, and global navigation elements are available in a side panel so visitors can browse your content on any screen size.

   You can use custom code in headers and footers to customize sites with HTML and CSS. Header menu configuration options that require no coding include the following:

   • A logo
   • Header background and text color
   • Social icons to connect visitors with your social media platforms
   • Menu links to pages and additional resources to create site navigation
7. Optionally, configure global navigation and menu links to customize the site.

   The header, footer, and global navigation bar remain consistent across the site and its pages to ensure that visitors can navigate back to the original page when following links to other pages.

8. From the Theme menu, specify colors for the header, global navigation bar, text, and background.

   Colors and fonts that you select are applied to the entire site layout and to any pages attached to the site. You can override theme colors for individual rows for more granular control of layout colors. Each row has settings that allow you to set text and background colors, and add an image as a background.

   Learn more about adding text and images

9. Use the Layout menu to design the site layout.
10. Select the back button next to Customize at the top of the panel to return to the root menu.

Design the site layout

Use layout cards to design the layout of the site. The layout cards allow you to add images, text, apps, media, and other components to the site. Row cards are the basis of the layout and are required anywhere you want to insert a card, such as a Text, Application, or Image card.

Each row has settings that allow you to set text and background colors, or add an image as a background. This allows you to override theme colors for individual rows. In the Customize window, the Save button is in the upper corner. You can publish the site as a draft for others to review.

Note:

For more information, refer to Publish a site or page.

To start designing your site's layout by adding a row card, complete the following steps:

1. Open a site in edit mode.
2. Open the Customize panel, and select Layout.

   The layout menu displays a list of drag-and-drop layout cards.

3. Drag a Row card from the side panel onto the layout and position the row.
4. To edit row settings, select the edit button for the row.
5. Choose the Wide layout option to expand the row across the entire layout or the Box layout option to display content at a fixed width in the row.

   Tip:

   Use the Box layout setting for sites that are intended to be viewed primarily on mobile devices.

6. To reposition a row on the layout, hover over the upper right corner of the row, and use the position button to move the row (and every card it contains).
7. Select text and background colors using hexadecimal color codes or the color picker.

   This applies to text that appears in the row and text displayed on any cards added to the row.

   Tip:

   Ensure that the color contrast between row text color and background color meets or exceeds an accessibility ratio of 4.5:1 for regular text and 3:1 for large text or symbols. Use a website to check color contrast such as WebAIM.

   Learn more about how to design for accessibility in ArcGIS Hub and ArcGIS Enterprise Sites

8. Set a background image for a row by pasting a link to a hosted image file or by uploading an image.

   Choose an image with a simple pattern or subject, especially if you plan to overlay text and other content.

9. Drag a card, such as the Text card, from the side panel onto the new row, and position the card.

   To reposition a card in a row, hover over the upper right corner of the card and use the position button to move the card. Use the arrows on either side of the card to resize it.

10. To edit a card, hover over it, and select the edit pencil .
11. To remove a card or row, select it's delete button .
12. Select Save layout and publish your changes.

Save your edits

When you manage a site in the workspace, save any changes made on each pane before browsing to a different pane. In the site editor, save any changes made to the layout and changes made in each settings section.

Note:

If shared update group members are editing the site concurrently or the site is open in multiple tabs, the edits made by the last person to save and close the site are applied. Open tabs do not automatically refresh to show new changes, so it’s recommended that one person at a time edits a site.