How to use Multi Site Manager on DA

This demo showcases how to manage content across multiple sites and locales using Multi Site Manager (MSM) capabilities in Document Authoring (DA).

MSM enables you to author content once and reuse it across multiple sites and languages, while still allowing for local variations. With MSM on DA, you can maintain a central content source and create localized copies that stay synchronized — when you update the source content and preview or publish it, changes are automatically rolled out to all connected sites, similar to an MSM rollout.

This approach lets you build a scalable, multi-site content structure using DA as your authoring platform, with each localized site delivered through Edge Delivery Services using a shared code base.

Learn more about multi site management at https://docs.da.live/about/early-access/multi-site-manager

Key Capabilities

• Author once, publish everywhere — Create content in a central source and reuse it across multiple sites and locales without duplicating effort
• Rollout on preview/publish — When you preview or publish source content, changes are automatically rolled out to all connected localized copies, keeping content consistent across sites
• Local variations — Override specific content on localized sites while maintaining the live relationship with the source for everything else
• Shared code base — All localized sites share the same project code, reducing maintenance and ensuring consistent behavior across regions
• Locale-based structure — Organize content hierarchically by brand, region, and language for clear content governance
• Edge Delivery integration — Each localized site is delivered independently through Edge Delivery Services for optimal performance

In this demo, MSM is already configured with a multi-site content structure, authored source content, localized copies, and locale-specific customizations. The video picks up from there and walks through:

1. Make a change to the source content in the base site
2. Preview or publish the updated source content to trigger a rollout from the MSM app
3. Verify that the changes have been rolled out to the connected localized sites
4. Review the localized sites to confirm the updates while local overrides remain intact

How MSM is set up for this site

MSM is configured through the msm tab in the DA site config sheet at https://da.live/config#/scdemos/. The sheet defines relationships between a base site and its satellite sites:

• Base site — demo (DIY FIRE) serves as the central content source where all primary content is authored

• Satellite sites — Three satellite sites inherit content from the base and allow local variations:

  • demo-us — DIY FIRE US
  • demo-wealth — Heritage Wealth
  • demo-advisor — Advisory Panel

Each row in the msm config sheet maps a base site to a satellite site with a descriptive title. When content is previewed or published on the base site, changes are automatically rolled out to all satellite sites listed in the config.

To set up MSM for your own site, add an msm tab to your DA config sheet with columns for base, satellite, and title, then define your base-to-satellite relationships.