Installation and basic configuration

Last updated on
12 November 2020

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Installation

This module can be installed on any new or existing Drupal 7. Download the module manually, using a .make file or another way.

Once completed, you can enable the module by either going to /admin/modules and enabling it there, or using your console and Drush:

drush en siteimprove

After that, you can get started with the basic configuration.

Configuration

Siteimprove plugin (module) configuration
Configuration of the Siteimprove Plugin.

  1. Navigate to the Siteimprove Plugin settings page; /admin/config/system/siteimprove
  2. If the Token field is empty, click "Request new token".
  3. Are your Drupal 7 website using different frontend and backend domains (e.g. decoupled frontend, dedicated edit/backend domain etc.) then can you input your frontend domain in the Domain field. The domain has to be inputted without protocol, path/folders, trailing slash etc.
  4. Click on Save Configuration button.

Permissions

Now that we have finished the basic configuration is it time to grant our user roles access the the Siteimprove plugin. The Siteimprove module include the following permisions:

  • Administer Siteimprove Plugin [machine name: administer siteimprove]
    Access to configure the Siteimprove module settings.
  • Access Siteimprove Plugin [machine name: use siteimprove]
    Access to use the Siteimprove Plugin (overlay). Only users with this permission will see the plugin.

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