Configuring Plans
In SiteBuilder, plan is a set of limits, modules, templates, and allowed hosts applied to web sites created using SiteBuilder.
Plans can be of the following types:
- Template Plan - A template plan is created by the administrator on the Plan Management page, for example, Standard_Client plan. This plan will serve as a template for the plans for individual sites.
- Inherited Plan or Site Plan - After a template plan is applied to a particular web site, all limits and components included into the template plan are copied to the plan for this web site. Such site plan is called Inherited Plan, because it inherits all the settings of the Template Plan. The administrator or reseller can change the settings of inherited plans at any time, because these change will not affect the template plan. Inherited plan settings can be viewed and edited only on the Site Management page when you perform management operations on particular sites.
- Base Plan - An automatically created plan that includes a basic set of web site components. This plan is meant to be a safeguard against the situations when the template plan for trial sites gets corrupted for some reasons. In this case, the corrupted plan will be automatically replaced by the Base Plan. The Base Plan cannot be removed or deactivated.
Note:
To access plan management options and view a list of plans:
- On the SBM main page, click
Plan Management. - On the Plan Management page, you can see all plans available in SiteBuilder. This list is retrieved from the SiteBuilder administration panel. All plans are organized in a list with the following columns:
- (S)tatus - Current status of a plan.
- The plan is deactivated. Deactivated plans cannot be applied to web sites. They also are not available for selection. Click this icon to allow using this plan for sites.
- The plan is activated. Activated plans can be applied to any type of web sites. Click this icon to deactivate this plan.
Note: If you deactivate a Template Plan, this does not affect the way inherited plans are applied, because all settings of the parent Template Plan have already been copied to its inherited plans.
- Name - Name of the plan. Click the plan name to edit the plan configuration.
- For trial sites - This column shows whether a plan is applied to trial sites. The following values are possible: Yes - the plan is applied to trial sites, No - the plan is not used for trial sites. Click this value to change the plan from trial to regular or vice versa.
- Description - Additional information about the plan.
- Owner - The account under which this plan was added

To add and configure a plan for regular sites:
- On the Plan Management page, click Add plan above the list to create a plan.
- On the General tab, specify the following general parameters of the new plan:
- Name - Name of the plan
- Description - Arbitrary description of the plan
- Pages number - Maximum number of pages allowed for the web sites based on this plan
- Apply changes to all inherited plans - Select this check box if you want to apply all changes to the inherited plans

- Click the Hosts tab to define hosts to which sites that are based on this plan can be published. From the general list of allowed hosts, select the hosts to which the sites based on this plan can be published. Click Add to plan. A 'plus' sign appears in the In plan column if a host is included in the plan.
- On the Modules tab, specify the modules included in the plan. The modules listed on this tab are only those activated on the Module Management page (see the Modules section). Using the check boxes, select the modules you want to make available for the sites based on this plan. Click Add to plan. A 'plus' sign appears in the In plan column if a module is included in the plan.
- On the Templates tab, select the templates included in the plan. The templates listed on this tab are only those activated on the Template Management page (see the Templates section). Using the check boxes, select the templates you want to make available for the sites based on this plan. Click Add to plan. A 'plus' sign appears in the In plan column if a template is included in the plan.
- Click Save. The new plan for regular sites will be added.
To edit plan properties:
- On the Plan Management page, click the name of the plan you want to change in the Name column.
- Edit the plan properties you have specified during creation of this plan. On the General tab, select the Apply changes to all inherited plans check box to apply your changes to all inherited plans. If this check box is cleared, all changed will be applied only to the plan you are editing.
- Click Save. Changes will be immediately applied to
To apply a plan to trial sites (i.e., change it from regular to trial):
Note: Only one plan, which must be a Template Plan, can be selected for trial sites! Plans for resellers cannot be set as plans for trial sites.
In the list of plans on the Plan Management page, click the No value in the For trial sites column. The settings of the selected plan will be immediately applied to all trial sites.