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Build and publish a unit website

Create pages, themes, navigation, staff and event sections, galleries, and a public subdomain while controlling what Cadet data may appear.

Instructors and authorized Cadets20 minute readTools → Site BuilderVerified against the live product · August 2026

Guide at a glance

How to use this guide

Start with

Identify the audience, publication state, owner, dates, and data that may safely be made public.

By the end

The tool has a clear lifecycle from draft through operation to closure, with public exposure deliberately controlled.

1.Claim the public address
2.Set site-wide identity
3.Create pages and clean paths
4.Available page sections
5.Edit beside a responsive preview
6.Cadet listings are off by default
7.Take a page or the whole site offline

On this page

1. Claim the public address
2. Set site-wide identity
3. Create pages and clean paths
4. Available page sections
5. Edit beside a responsive preview
6. Cadet listings are off by default
7. Take a page or the whole site offline

Claim the public address

An instructor chooses a unique slug for the unit at slug.sites.allcadets.com. The slug is normalized and checked against reserved names before it is claimed.

The site can also be previewed through supported query and shared-path forms before wildcard hosting is involved.

Set site-wide identity

Site settings control the public name, brand color, accent color, heading type, body type, and navigation order. Navigation labels can differ from page titles.

These choices apply to every published page. The editor keeps a draft until Save.

Create pages and clean paths

Each page has a title, path, search description, ordered section list, and Draft or Live status. The first page can use an empty path as the home page.

Duplicate paths are refused. A page must belong to a published site before it can become live.

Available page sections

Section	Content
Hero	Eyebrow, headline, introduction, button label, and link.
Rich text	A heading and body content.
Staff	A live staff listing with introductory text.
Events	Upcoming unit calendar events with a configurable limit.
Gallery	Uploaded images with alt descriptions and captions.
Contact	Email, phone, address, and introductory copy.

Edit beside a responsive preview

Sections can be added, reordered, hidden, edited, or removed while the responsive preview shows the current page and theme.

Hidden sections stay in the editor but are excluded from the public projection. Saving changes to an already-live page makes those changes visible immediately.

Cadet listings are off by default

Instructors may appear in staff sections. Publishing Cadet names, ranks, positions, and profile photos requires an explicit site-wide switch and should be reviewed against school consent policy.

Public projections allow-list fields rather than spreading internal records. New private fields do not become public automatically.

Take a page or the whole site offline

Returning a page to Draft removes that page from public view. Taking the site offline removes every page while preserving drafts and settings.

Deleting a page removes its sections and is irreversible; unpublishing is the reversible choice.

Key terms in this guide

Position: A named unit duty that can carry permissions, scope, an assigned Cadet, and continuing work.

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