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How to enable Sitebuilder support for domains in Plesk 8 and Plesk 9 ?

You need to register Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder in Parallels Plesk Panel. To configure integration you should login to Parallels Plesk Panel as admin and change to page {Server -> Sitebuilder Support} for Plesk 8 and to page {Home -> Sitebuilder Settings} for Plesk 9.

The following fiends exist on the page Sitebuilder System Administrator's preferences: Sitebuilder server URL is set to sitebuilder. by default and cannot be changed through the control panel. The URL can be changed with Plesk utility /usr/local/psa/bin/sitebuilder. For details refer to articles http://kb.parallels.com/en/3595.

Specify valid login credentials for Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder and click button OK to register.

After registered new submenu Sitebuilder appear in left mail menu. Now you may enable Sitebuilder support for clients and domains.

Before enabling Sitebuilder support for Plesk domain it is required to enable it for the Reseller or Client that owns the domain first.


- Enable Sitebuilder support for client in Parallels Plesk Panel 8:
Clients -> -> Preferences
Check option Keep the corresponding user account in Sitebuilder and click button OK to confirm.

- Enable Sitebuilder support for client in Parallels Plesk Panel 9:
Home -> Clients -> -> Interface Preferences
Check option Create a corresponding user account in Sitebuilder and click button OK to confirm.
After that you may enable Sitebuilder support for domain.

- Enable Sitebuilder support for domain in Parallels Plesk Panel 8:
Domains -> -> Setup
Check option Create and publish Web site using Sitebuilder and click button OK to confirm.

- Enable Sitebuilder support for domain in Parallels Plesk Panel 9:
Home -> Domains -> -> Web Hosting Settings
Check option Create Web site using Sitebuilder and click button OK to confirm.

Button Edit in Sitebuilder becomes enabled on the domain management page.
It allows to open the site in Sitebuilder wizard for editing.
Additional information
When Sitebuilder support is enabled for Plesk client (Home -> Clients -> -> Interface Preferences) new Sitebuilder user with role Reseller and user name @ is created in Sitebuilder. Also appropriate record is added to Plesk database, in table psa.SBREsellers.

When Sitebuilder support is enabled for Plesk domain (Home -> Domains -> -> Web Hosting Settings) new Sitebuilder user with role Site Owner and user name @ and site with alias are created in Sitebuilder. This new Sitebuilder site is confired for publishing to FTP location of Plesk domain.

On Sitebuilder side Site Owner @ is owned by Reseller @. Appropriate record is added to Plesk database, in table psa.SBSite.

Where FullHostName is full hostname of Parallels Plesk Panel.

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