Security settings for a subsite

By default all subsites within a site collection inherit the same administrator settings set for the site collection (top-level site). You can change the administrator settings for each of the subsites seperately from the top-level site.

What is a site collection

We often get asked the question “what is a site collection” and “what is a subsite“.

Simply put: a site collection is a top-level website with one or more subsites.

Open a SharePoint Site with SharePoint Designer

It’s easy to open a SharePoint site in SharePoint Designer.

  • Start SharePoint Designer
  • Select File → Open site

In the Site name text box enter the URL of the site you want to open.

For our example we will open  the main SharePoint site: http://litwaredemo/