As an expert who deeply understands website operation, especially one who has been deeply rooted in the AnQiCMS platform for many years, I am glad to discuss with everyone a common yet crucial issue: 'Can different AnQiCMS sub-sites set up completely independent contact information sets?'

This question is directly related to the flexibility and efficiency of website operations for businesses that need to manage multiple brands, regions, or product lines. After a deep understanding of the core functions and operational strategies of AnQiCMS, I can clearly tell you that: Yes, AnQiCMS fully supports setting a completely independent contact information collection for different sub-sites.

One of AnQiCMS's design philosophies is to provide powerful "multi-site management" capabilities, which not only manifest in the isolation and unification of content, but also go deeper into the personalized configuration of each site.Let us delve into how AnQiCMS achieves this point.

The cornerstone of AnQiCMS multi-site management.

One of the core strengths of AnQiCMS is its 'multi-site management' feature.As stated in its project documentation, it supports the creation and independent management of multiple sites, suitable for enterprises with multiple brands, sub-sites, or content branches.Here, the 'independent management' is the key to understanding our topic today.It means that each sub-site has a relatively independent configuration space within the system, including but not limited to content publishing, SEO settings, and of course, also covers the crucial contact information.

Imagine, a company may have brand A for the domestic market and brand B for the overseas market.These two brands may have entirely different user groups, marketing strategies, and even cultural backgrounds. They naturally should also have independent information such as contact numbers, addresses, and social media accounts displayed to users.AnQiCMS is built to meet this kind of demand.The system ensures that each sub-site has a unique identity by allocating independent configuration items.

Contact information: Dedicated configuration of the child site

In the AnQiCMS backend settings, there is a special "Contact Information Settings" module.We can find a series of preset contact information fields here, such as contacts, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, WeChat ID, and WeChat QR code, etc.This is the information most commonly used in our daily website operations.

It is especially worth mentioning that AnQiCMS also provides the function of "custom setting parameters".This means that if the preset fields cannot meet the special needs of a sub-site (such as needing to display WhatsApp, Facebook homepage links, Telegram group links, etc.), we can easily add new custom fields.These custom fields are also bound to the current child site and will not affect other child sites.

Therefore, when you configure contact information for a sub-site, the changes you make are exclusive to that sub-site and will not affect other brother sites under the same AnQiCMS system.This design greatly simplifies the complexity of information management in multi-site operations, avoiding confusion and errors caused by shared configurations.

The exquisite point of template calling:siteIdApplication

Understanding the independence of contact information, it is also necessary to pay attention to the calling method of AnQiCMS template tags. In the template design of AnQiCMS, we use{% contact 变量名称 with name="字段名称" %}This tag is used to dynamically obtain the contact information configured on the back-end.

There is a very important detail, that iscontactThe tag supports an optional parameter -siteIdIt is explicitly stated in the official documentation that：“siteIdGenerally, it is not necessary to fill in, if you use the multi-site management on the backend to create multiple sites and want to call data from other sites, you can specifysiteIdTo implement calling data from a specified site.

This statement reveals several key pieces of information:

  1. Default behavior:When we do not specifysiteIdthen,contactThe tag automatically retrieves the contact information of the current sub-site. This is the independence we expect.
  2. Cross-site call possibility:If there is indeed a scenario in the operation where it is necessary to display the contact information of sub-site B on sub-site A, AnQiCMS also provides a solution by specifying explicitlysiteIdIt can be realized. This further proves that each child site has its own set of independent contact information.

This meticulous design allows AnQiCMS to handle multi-site contact information with ease.Whether it is a simple independent display or a complex cross-site information reference, it can be easily handled.

Data isolation and operation practice

AnQiCMS also strengthens the data isolation between sub-sites at the deployment level.For example, when deploying multiple AnQiCMS sites through Docker or Baota panel, the system will specify an independent "site root directory" and "database name" for each newly created child site, clearly indicating "data used for independent storage of the new site".Although this is an isolation for the entire site data, its logic also naturally extends to contact information and other configuration information.

This data isolation not only ensures the independence and security of each sub-site's information, but also brings great convenience to the operation staff:

  • Brand independence:Each sub-site can tailor the most suitable contact channels according to its brand positioning and target audience, strengthening the brand image.
  • Localization by region:Subsites for different countries or regions can display local contact information, addresses, and even adapt to local social media platforms commonly used.
  • Efficient updates:The contact information of a child site has changed, you only need to log in to the background of the child site to make the change, it will not affect other sites by mistake.

Summary

In summary, AnQiCMS, as an enterprise-level CMS designed for multi-site management, indeed provides the ability to configure contact information independently.Each sub-site can have its own unique set of contact information and can be called and displayed through flexible template tags.This feature greatly enhances the flexibility, accuracy, and efficiency of website operations, enabling enterprises to manage and convey accurate contact information with ease in their multi-brand, multi-business line layouts.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Will changing the contact information on a sub-site affect other sub-sites?Will not.AnQiCMS provides independent contact configuration for each sub-site.The contact information you modify on sub-site A will only apply to sub-site A, and will not affect sub-site B, C, etc.This independence is one of the core advantages of AnQiCMS multi-site management.

2. Can I display the contact information of another sub-site B on my sub-site A?Sure. AnQiCMS'scontacttemplate tags supportsiteIdThe parameter. If you know the sub-site B'ssiteId(usually visible in the multi-site management list in the back-end), you can pass through the template of sub-site A's{% contact variableName with name="FieldName" siteId="子站点B的ID" %}This way, to call and display the contact information of the child site B.

3. If a child site does not have a specific contact method set (such as WhatsApp), what will be displayed when the template tag is called?If a contact information field is not set in the background (i.e., left blank), then when the template tries to call this field, it usually does not display any content or displays a blank. You can use conditional judgments in the template, for example,{% if variableName %}To control the display of corresponding labels or text when a contact method does not exist, to keep the page tidy.