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title: Content sites
description: A content site is a group of related content pages that have the same basic theme, layout, and URL suffix.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/c\_ContentSite.html
release: australia
product: Content Management System
classification: content-management-system
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Configure Content Management sites, Content Management System, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Content sites

A content site is a group of related content pages that have the same basic theme, layout, and URL suffix.

Content sites are made up of a series of basic building blocks. The Employee Self-Service site is an out-of-box sample site that is included in the CMS activation. It provides existing, working examples or each CMS component, which you can use like a template to build your own site.

\[Omitted image "CMSSiteComponents.png"\] Alt text: CMS sites are made up of content pages, content types, and themes.

-   **[Create a site](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/t_CreateANewSite.md)**  
Configure a site by either creating a new site with CMS or by editing a copy of either the ESS Portal or the Service Management Portal.
-   **[Copy a site](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/t_CopyASite.md)**  
To create a new site quickly, you can copy an existing site.
-   **[Content Management security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/c_ContentManagementSecurity.md)**  
There are several methods for securing CMS sites and pages. Site security is set in the Login page field on the site record. You can control if a page is public or private through the URL.
-   **[Configure CMS sites to use single sign-on \(SSO\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/t_CMSSitesAndSingleSignOn.md)**  
To configure CMS to use SSO, make the view\_content page private.

**Parent Topic:**[Configure Content Management sites](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/t_CreateASite.md)

**Related topics**  


[Content pages in CMS]()

[Content Management templates]()

[Content types]()

[Content blocks]()

[Style in Content Management]()

[Content Management meta tags]()