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Sitekit CMS FAQ

What's the difference between a site and a subsite

There are quite a few differences between full sites and subsite most of these relate to SEO and URL constructions. There’s pro and cons to both approaches which are listed below.

 

 

Sub sites

Distinct sites

Unambiguous simple URLs

No

Yes

Distinct sitemap.xml

No

Yes

Simple switching between sites

Yes

Only via reseller panel

Single license

Yes

No

Content bleed from site to site

Possible (dependent on good asset management)

No

Permissions management

Complex (single nav and asset tree)

Simpler

404 page

One per site (10.5)

One per site

Email sent from address

Same one for all sub sites

One per site

Web standard URLs

Only

Or other types of URLs

Time Zones

Same for all sub sites

One per site

Multilingual

No

Yes

Share assets between sites

Yes

No

Bandwidth and traffic monitoring

 Aggregated for all sub sites

 Single site

These are the main items there will be others.

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