Using the cross-site publishing features provides a number of possibilities in which the content may be utilized. In this recipe, we will create a simple consuming site collection with product catalog navigation that consumes the list published from the site created in the Creating a product catalog authoring site collection recipe. The following is the diagram of cross-site publishing architecture:
Follow these steps to create a consuming site collection:
Navigate to Central Administration in your preferred web browser.
Select Create site collections from the Application Management section.
Provide values for Title, Description, and URL for the new site collection as shown in the following screenshot:
Select the Publishing Portal template from the Publishing tab as shown in the following screenshot:
Enter your username for Primary Site Collection Administrator.
Click on OK.
Navigate to the consuming...