using adobe experience manager (aem) multi-site manager for building a multi-language/country-site...

Working with multi-

language site structures

using AEM Multi-Site

Manager

October 2015

Anuschka van Dijke

Head of Global Digital Operations

KPMG International

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KPMG’s multi-site management approach for its global digital platform

KPMG consists of a network of legally

independent member firms in different

countries around the world.

Each firm creates digital content with

various degrees of independency from the

global digital marketing department: some

create net-new content for local marketing,

most take centrally produced content and

campaigns and localize it.

Our challenge is to:

• Avoid duplication of content and assets

(storage)

• Facilitate adoption of globally produced

marketing materials, in a time and cost

effective manner



Site design based on AEM Multi-Site Management

Multi-site Management (MSM) system is a

set of capabilities within AEM that allows for

content to be created in a central location

and syndicated across numerous sites and

channels, maintaining a relationship with the

original content and reflecting any updates

made after it is initially rolled out.

With MSM you can:

Reduce time it takes to manage websites

by re-use of common content

Efficiently manage different language

versions of a website

Update sites automatically based on the

source site



Site design based on AEM Multi-Site Management

Multi-site Management (MSM) system is a set

of capabilities within AEM that allows for content

to be created in a central location and syndicated

across numerous sites and channels,

maintaining a relationship with the original

content and reflecting any updates made after it

is initially rolled out.

With MSM you can:

Reduce time it takes to manage websites by

re-use of common content

Efficiently manage different language versions

of a website

Update sites automatically based on the

source site



AEM Multi-Site Management enables a shared content model

Master Blueprint

EN

Insights

Article2

Article1

Article3

About

Services

Careers

English Master

Canada

EN

Insights

Article2

Article1

Article3

About

Services

Careers

FR

Insights

Article2

Article1

Article3

About

Services

Careers

Language Copy from CA/EN to CA/FR



FR

About

Insights

Article2

Article1

Article3

French Master

Careers

Language Copy

Language Copy

Language Copy

Language Copy

Language Copy

Live Copy Live Copy



Relationship between Master Blueprint, Live Copy and Language Copy

A Live Copy is a copy of the Master

Blueprint site that inherits content and

content updates from the Master

Blueprint on both a page property and

component level until the inheritance is

broken.

The KPMG global site is a 100% Live

Copy and is accessible to site visitors.

Changes to global content will be

made in the Master Blueprint site and

rolled out to both KPMG global and

member firm country sites.

Member Firm sites are

localized Live Copies

of Master site, that

retain a relationship to

the original to receive

notification of updates.

Master Blueprint

Global site (100% live copy of Master

Blueprint English)



Relationship between Master Blueprint, Live Copy and Language Copy

A Language Copy is a copy that

has been made in a moment in

time – a static copy. A language

copy is disconnected from the

source. A language copy is a copy

of an existing site that is to be

translated to another language.

A language copy is used for site

provisioning which will copy the

site structure and templates.

Language copy

DE_DE

Live copy

DE_EN

Language copy

ES_ES

Live copy

ES_EN



Localization: The page as it is shown to site visitors

Black = Local

site content

Red = Copy of master

blueprint, but localizable

component (by breaking

inheritance)

Green = Copy of master

blueprint content

Example: Article page



Localization: Overriding inheritance at component level

Closed or open lock icons

represent the inheritance status

for each component:

• Enabled: Modifications to the

source component are

propagated to the Live-Copy

component (default status)

• Disabled: The component has

this status when the Live-copy

component has been modified,

or inheritance is disabled.

Since page level inheritance is

intact, authors will receive

notification of updates to the

original but make manual updates

to components with disabled

inheritance.

Thank you

Anuschka van Dijke

Head of Global Digital Operations

KPMG International

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© 2015 KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG

International"), a Swiss entity. Member firms of the KPMG

network of independent firms are affiliated with KPMG

International. KPMG International provides no client services.

No member firm has any authority to obligate or bind KPMG

International or any other member firm vis-à-vis third parties,

nor does KPMG International have any such authority to

obligate or bind any member firm. All rights reserved.

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