How to Create a Salesforce (Force.com) Site

Enable Sites

• In Salesforce, click the gear icon (⚙️) and select Setup.
•  In the Quick Find, type Sites and select Sites.
• If this is your first time, you will be prompted to register a Force.com domain.
  • Enter a unique domain name (e.g., mydomain) that will be used in your site URL.
  • Click Check Availability to see if the domain is available.
  • Click Register Domain to complete the registration.

Enable Sites

• On the Sites page, click New.
• Fill in the required information:
  • Site Label: Friendly name of the site.
    
  • Site Name: Unique internal name for the site (used in API and URLs).
    
  • Site Contact: User responsible for the site.
    
  • Default Web Address: Sets the final site URL (https://mydomain.force.com/siteName).
    
  • Active: Check to activate the site after creation.
    
  • Active Site Home Page: s2me.Sign2meAccessDocumentPage
    
  • Inactive Site Home Page: s2me.InMaintenance
    
  • Site Template: s2me.SiteTemplate
    
  • Enable Feeds: Unchecked
    
  • Analytics Tracking Code / URL Rewriter Class: Sign2meUrlRewriter
    
  • Clickjack Protection Level: Allow framing by the same origin only (Recommended)
    
  • Lightning Features for Guest Users: Checked
    
  • Enable Content Sniffing Protection / Enable Browser Cross Site Scripting Protection / Referrer URL Protection: Checked
    
  • Allow only required cookies for this site: Unchecked
    
  • Guest Access to Payments API / Guest Access to Support API: Unchecked
    
  • Redirect to custom domain / Cache public Visualforce pages: Checked
    

Select the Visualforce pages to be included in the site

• s2me.AuditTrailPage
  
• s2me.BandwidthExceeded
  
• s2me.Exception
  
• s2me.FileNotFound
  
• s2me.InMaintenance
  
• s2me.PicklistTranslationService
  
• s2me.Sign2meAccessDocumentPage
  
• s2me.Sign2meAppPage
  
• s2me.Sign2meCompletedPage
  
• s2me.Sign2meExpiredPage
  
• s2me.Sign2meLinkSentPage
  
• s2me.Sign2meNotFoundPage
  
• s2me.Sign2meValidatorPage
  
• s2me.SiteTemplate
  
• s2me.Unauthorized
  

Configure Error Pages

• Define custom error pages for each condition:
  
  • Authorization Required Page (401): s2me.Unauthorized
    
  • Limit Exceeded Page (509): s2me.BandwidthExceeded
    
  • Maintenance Page (500/503): s2me.InMaintenance
    
  • Page Not Found Page (404): s2me.FileNotFound
    
  • Generic Error Page: s2me.Exception

Configure Permissions

• Click Public Access Settings to define which objects, fields, and pages are accessible to the public.
  • This opens the Site Guest User profile.
    
  • Adjust object, field, and Visualforce Page permissions as needed.

Activate and Test

• Make sure the site is active.
  
• Click the Site URL link to test public access.
  
• Verify that all pages and resources are working as expected.