Introduction¶

This article gives instructions on how to add, edit, and remove domains.

Add a Domain¶

This section gives instructions for admin users on how to add a domain.

1. Click Admin Settings (gear icon) on the top menu bar of any page in the platform. The Domain Settings page opens.

   

2. Click Add New Domain.

   
3. The New Domain pane opens.

Domain Details section¶

Provide the following information in the Domain Details section.

• Title (required field): Click in the field and type in a title for the domain.

• URL (required field): Click in the field and enter the website URL.

  Note

  Keep in mind that website addresses that end in .com and .eu, for example, are two different domains. Each domain has a unique script and needs to be entered as a separate domain in the list.

• CMS: Click to expand the list and select the CMS. If it is not shown, contact the support team to see if it can be added.
• Language: Click to expand the list and select the main language for the site. This will determine which dictionary is used to detect spelling and other errors.

Scan section¶

Provide the following information in the Scan section:

Crawl Automatically: Toggle the switch to ON to set up a schedule for recurring scans. Toggle the switch to OFF to scan manually when needed.

• Scan Frequency: Click the drop-down arrow and select the scan frequency.
  • Choose:
    • Weekly
    • Every 2 weeks
    • Every 4 weeks
    • Every 8 weeks
    • Every 12 weeks.

• Day: click the drop-down arrow and select the day of the week for the recurring scan.
• Time: Click in the number field and enter the time of day (12-hour clock) and then choose AM for 00:00-11:59 or PM for 12:00 to 23:59.

Connections per minute: Click the drop-down arrow and select Connections per minute. The choices are:

• Slow: 15 connections per minute.
• Normal (recommended): 60 connections per minute.
• Faster: 90 connections per minute.
• Very fast (be cautious): 120 connections per minute.
• Superfast (advanced users only) 180 connections per minute.

Max section¶

Provide the following information in the Max section.

Max scanned pages: Enter the maximum number of pages to do a scan on, as specified on your Acquia contract.

Crawl Options¶

Provide the following information in the Crawl Options section.

Toggle the switches ON to activate the different scan options.

• Scan subdomains: Toggle the switch ON to include subdomains in the scan.
• Spelling ignore capitalized words: Toggle the switch ON to ignore words that begin with a capital letter.

• Case sensitive URLs: Toggle the switch ON to include case-sensitive URLs in the scan.

• Render pages and execute JS while crawling: Toggle the switch ON to render pages and execute JavaScript during the scan.

  When this option is turned ON, the website renders pages and executes JavaScript during the scan. This allows the scan to take into account any changes caused by Javascript during a website scan.

• Mark 403 as broken link: Toggle the switch ON to mark links on pages that return error 403 (forbidden errors) as a broken link.

• Ignore canonical URLs: Toggle the switch ON to instruct the scan to ignore canonical URLs.

  More info: A canonical URL is the URL of the page that Google determines is most representative, taken from a set of duplicate pages on your website.

• Use language attribute: Turn the switch OFF or ON. When it is ON, the scan does not try to auto-detect the page language. This means that the spell check is only done for the language specified in the lang attribute.

  The Use Lang Attribute feature allows the scanner to use the correct spell check for HTML pages that have multiple languages.

Configure domain scans.

Edit a domain¶

This section gives information for admin users on how to edit a domain.

1. Click Admin Settings (gear icon) on the top menu bar of any page in the platform. The Domain Settings page opens.

   

   The Domain Settings page opens.

   

2. Click Action on the same row as the domain to scan. A drop-down list opens.

   

3. Select Edit Domain from the drop-down list.

   

   The Edit Domain page opens.

   
4. Edit as needed. Refer to the previous section Add a Domain for instructions on how to fill in the fields.
   ​Important! When you change the accessibility level, the existing Accessibility Score scan information is erased and the new standard starts over from the beginning with the next scan. All of the history is lost. It is advised to activate a new level only when you are ready to make the updates needed, or if it becomes a legal requirement for your location or organization.
   If you change the scan to Exclude checks that require manual review, you might not see other potential accessibility violations on your website.
5. Save the changes.

Remove a domain¶

This section gives information for admin users on how to remove a domain.

1. Click Admin Settings (gear icon) on the top menu bar of any page in the platform. The Domain Settings page opens.

   

   The Domain Settings page opens.

   

2. Click Action on the same row as the domain to scan. A drop-down list opens.

   

3. Select Edit Domain from the drop-down list.

   

   The Edit Domain page opens.

   
4. Select Remove Domain.

5. A dialog box asks for confirmation. "You are about to delete the domain (domain name) please type Delete to confirm this action."

   

6. Type the word "Delete" in the text box and then click OK to remove the domain. Click Cancel to close the dialog without removing the domain.

   Important

   When you delete a domain, all of the related domain groups are also deleted.

   The dialog closes and the domain and all related domain groups are gone from the list.

Advanced domain options¶

This section gives information for admin users on the available advanced domain setting options.

1. Path Constraints

   Use Path Constraints to instruct the scan to only process parts of a domain. The scan regards URLs that match the pattern as internal on the site, and URLs that do not match are regarded in the same way as external links.

   A Path Constraint can be a word or a regular expression. In most cases, users set up Path Constraints to:

   • Restrict the scanner to only recognize parts of a site with a pattern such as ^/en
     This instructs the scan to handle any URL that does not begin with /en, for example, 
     http:/ /foo.com/fr/bar 
     as an external link. For example, the crawler tests the link but does not follow any links on 
     http:/ /foo.com/fr/bar.
   • Instruct the scan to ignore parts of the site with a pattern. For example !^/fr
     This instructs the scan to handle any URL that begins with /fr, for example, 
     http:/ /foo.com/fr/bar 
     as an external link. This means that the scan tests the link but does not follow any links on 
     http:/ /foo.com/fr/bar.

   The difference between the two is that in the first case ALL pages under /en are scanned and nothing else. In the second example, all pages EXCEPT /fr are scanned.

   Important

   When you use Path constraints, make sure that the URL for the domain is set to a page that matches the constraint.

   If you do not do this, the scan will only run on one page, since the scanner cannot proceed to any other page than the page it starts on.

   For example. with a constraint of "^/en/booking", starting the crawler on 
   http://foo.com 
   will not work. The crawler will request 
   http://foo.com
   and it will receive the page, and find that no links match 
   http://foo.com/en/booking
   and this will result in just the first page being scanned.

   For more information, see the user guide article:

   Path constraints and link exclusions.

2. Link Exclusions

   You can choose to exclude a word or a regular expression. Use Link Excludes to instruct the crawler to completely ignore a link on the pages. Pages that match the pattern are not tested.

   Use Link Excludes to:

   • Filter out print pages with a pattern such as print=true

     This instructs the scan to ignore (and not test) any URL with the pattern, for example:

     http://foo.com/bar?print=true

   • Filter out redirected login pages with a pattern such as:

     login.aspx?return_url=zyx.

     This instructs the scan to ignore all URLs with the pattern, for example http://foo.com/bar/login.aspx?return_url=zyx

     Tip! If "Scan subdomains" is turned on for the domain, use the § sign in front of the exclude pattern to match URLs that use the full string instead of the relative one.

     For example, to exclude the scan for the "blog" subdomain, enter the pattern:

   copy

   §http://blog.foo.bar

   For more information, see the user guide article:

   Path constraints and link exclusions.

3. Internal URLs

   Configure internal URLs with the following options in this section:

   • Operator: Click the drop-down arrow to select Contains, Starts with, or Regex.
   • Url: Type a URL in the field.
   • Delete: Click the trashcan icon to delete the row.
   • + Add: Click to add a new Input Selector. An empty row appears in the list.

4. Login Type

   This section gives instructions on how to fill out the Login Type section.

   

   Click the drop-down arrow and select a login type. The choices are:

   • None: The site does not require user logins.
   • Form: The field expands. The expanded input fields specify the CSS selectors that identify the various form fields and buttons. The following input fields open:
     • Input selector: (Required field) Enter the CSS ID or class selector to search for.
     • Default Value: Click to hide or show the input text. Click in the dialog box to set a default value for the selector.
   • Delete: Click the trashcan icon to delete the row.
   • + Add: Click to add a new Form. An empty row appears in the list.
   • Submit selector: (Required field) Click in the dialog box and type in a string (without spaces) to identify the submit button for the form.
   • Verify URL: (Required field) Click in the dialog box and type in a URL address that the user will redirect to if the form is valid.