diff --git a/tools/build/ant-js.xml b/tools/build/ant-js.xml
index 495f78f..8f42b97 100644
--- a/tools/build/ant-js.xml
+++ b/tools/build/ant-js.xml
@@ -156,6 +156,27 @@
         <ivy:makepom ivyfile="${basedir}/ivy.xml" pomfile="${target.dir}/pom.xml" />
     </target>
 
+    <target name="build-site" extensionOf="deploy" depends="validate" description="Builds a local directory that will reflect the structure of the final site with Ivy and Maven repositories as well as online API docs" >
+        <!-- First, creates an Ivy repo -->
+        <ivy:settings id="ivy.repo.site" file="${ivy.settings.path}" />
+        <ivy:install organisation="nicommons.crypto" module="base64" revision="1.0.0" settingsRef="ivy.repo.site" from="target" to="site" transitive="true" />
+        <!-- Then add supplementary files -->
+        <copy todir="${pub.dir}/${ivy.organisation}/${ivy.module}/${ivy.revision}">
+            <fileset dir="${basedir}">
+                <include name="*.txt" />
+            </fileset>
+            <fileset dir="${build.dir}">
+                <include name="pom.xml" />
+            </fileset>
+        </copy>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="clean-site" description="Deletes the local site built with 'buils-site'">
+        <delete includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="false">
+            <fileset dir="${pub.dir}" />
+        </delete>
+    </target>
+
     <!--
         TODO fix and integrate the following targets
     -->
diff --git a/tools/build/common-sample.properties b/tools/build/common-sample.properties
index 029b314..fdc98b4 100644
--- a/tools/build/common-sample.properties
+++ b/tools/build/common-sample.properties
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jsunit.testRunner=${jsunit.dir}/testRunner.html
 ant.ivytask.path=${tools.dir}/apache-ivy-2.2.0/ivy-2.2.0.jar
 # (required) -> set to Javascript Ant template project
 ant.jsproject.path=${tools.dir}/build/ant-js.xml
+ivy.settings.path=${tools.dir}/build/ivysettings.xml
 
 # Other tools
 
@@ -52,4 +53,4 @@ jsdoc.dir=${tools.dir}/jsdoc_toolkit-2.4.0/jsdoc-toolkit
 phpdoc.exe=${tools.dir}/php-5.3.9-Win32-VC9-x86/php.exe ${tools.dir}/PhpDocumentor-1.4.4/phpdoc.php
 
 # Where to publish artifacts
-pub.dir=${basedir}/publications
\ No newline at end of file
+pub.dir=${tools.dir}/../publications
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/build/ivysettings.xml b/tools/build/ivysettings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b621004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/ivysettings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<ivysettings>
+    <resolvers>
+        <filesystem name="target">
+            <ivy pattern="${basedir}/ivy(-[revision]).xml"/>
+            <artifact pattern="${target.lib.dir}/[artifact](-[revision]).[ext]"/>
+        </filesystem>
+        <filesystem name="site">
+            <ivy pattern="${pub.dir}/[organisation]/[module]/ivys/ivy(-[revision]).xml"/>
+            <artifact pattern="${pub.dir}/[organisation]/[module]/[type]s/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]"/>
+        </filesystem>
+    </resolvers>
+</ivysettings>