The Site Directory provides a central location from which to view and access all Web sites associated with a specific portal site. You can also create sites based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services or add more links to existing sites. To organize and display the sites in meaningful ways, you can create views that sort, filter, and group the sites. For example, you can view just the sites that are from the Sales division by creating a view that displays sites that contain the value Sales in the Division column.

The Site Directory is also the easiest way to add content to the portal site for searching. When users add sites, they have the option to include the sites' contents in search results. As a member of the Administrator site group, you can set up the Site Directory to automatically approve sites for searching or to require approval for each site. After approval, a site is added to the index and its contents appears in search results.

The Site Directory includes other features, too. By default, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 provides a list of recently viewed sites. As a member of the Administrator site group, you can highlight sites by using the Spotlight Web Part. As a portal user, you can choose to be alerted to changes to the Site Directory by clicking Alert Me.

To create a link to a site, you must have the Add Items right. To view site links and approve and reject sites, you must have the Manage Category right.

Related Topics

Add link to existing site

About the portal site

About portal site management