This document compares the advantages and disadvantages of multiple website versions versus a single site with subsites. Some advantages of multiple sites include separate template design and domain branding, while disadvantages include no content or element sharing. A single site with subsites allows content sharing but has more complex template design. The document also discusses multi-page versus single-page site structures and provides references.

1. MULTIPLE WEBSITE VERSIONS
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

2. ADVANTAGES OF A MULTI-SITE
ENVIRONMENT
• Separate Sites Simplify Base Template Design – Separate sites
simplify base template design.
• Search Collection Management – Keeps multi-site environment
and search collections separate, makes collection management
easier.
• Domain Branding – Webserver management complexities can
be avoided in a multi-site environment.

3. DISADVANTAGES OF A MULTI-SITE
ENVIRONMENT
• No Content Sharing – One of the major downfalls of a multi-
site environment is that content and elements cannot be shared
from site to site.
• No Element Definition or Template Sharing – Need for
recreating these in each site.
• Multi-Point Authoring Environment – Shared content must be
created and managed on each site.

4. ADVANTAGES OF A SINGLE SITE WITH
SUBSITES ENVIRONMENT
• Content Sharing – Content and elements can be easily shared.
• Subsite Creation – Creation would be much easier as a subsite
than the creation of a full site.
• Single-Point Authoring Environment – Managing shared content
is much more efficient.

5. DISADVANTAGES OF A SINGLE SITE WITH
SUBSITES ENVIRONMENT
• Complexity of Design – Multiple subsites require multiple
designs, making the base template design more complex.
• Large Full-Text Indexes – Can grow excessively large very
quickly, whih can cause performance problems in both content
publication and searching.
• Performance Overhead – Large sites with heavy custom element
or page index usages may suffer from authoring and read
performance issues.

6. MULTI-PAGE VS
SINGLE PAGE •Appropriate for Multi-Categories
•Useful for SEO
•Effortless to manage content
•Extensive and Navigation Difficult
Multiple
•Uncluttered
•Unhindered Navigation
•Appropriate for Mobile Devices
•Difficult to Manage Extensive
Content
Single

7. REFERENCES
• http://endasys.blogspot.com/2015/12/single-page-vs-multi-
page-ui-design.html?view=snapshot
• https://www.american.edu/commonspot/help/content/adminis
trators_reference/admin_intro/sites_vs_subsites_pros_and.htm