Create a website with Web Design

Web Design builds complete websites from a description. The guided brief asks about the business, the visitors and the pages, which gives a much stronger first version than a one-line request.

Steps

1. 1

   Open Web Design

   On: Project, Web Design

   Open the project, then open the Websites hub and choose Web Design.

   You should see: "Your sites" and a Create area with New website and New app.

2. 2

   Choose the guided website

   On: Project, Web Design

   Choose New website, the Guided option. New app starts a blank code project instead and is for people who want to write or paste code.

   You should see: A window titled "Let's build your site".

3. 3

   About your business

   On: Brief, step 1

   Name the project, pick the kind of business, and fill in the Business name, where you are based, and what you do in one sentence. Contact details are optional. Press Next.

   You should see: The second step, Visitors & vibe.

4. 4

   Visitors and vibe

   On: Brief, step 2

   Describe who the site is for, pick the one thing you most want visitors to do (it becomes the main button), give three short reasons customers pick you, and choose a Visual style. Press Next.

   You should see: The step that asks which pages you need.

5. 5

   Choose the pages

   On: Brief, step 3

   Tick the pages you want. Home is always included, and each page gets its own chat once you are inside.

   You should see: Your pages are ticked.

6. 6

   Build it

   On: Workbench

   Finish the brief. The workbench opens with a chat on one side and the preview in the middle. Send the suggested first message to build the homepage from your brief.

   You should see: The homepage appears in the preview after a short wait.

Tips

• Skip the questions — I'll just describe it lets you start from a free-text description instead.
• Inside the workbench you can also start a page from an existing site, pasted HTML or an uploaded ZIP file.
• History in the workbench keeps every change, so you can go back.
• The more specific the brief, the less you will need to correct afterwards.

Troubleshooting

"You don't have permission to delete this site."

Only people who can edit the design can delete a site. Ask the project owner.

You chose the wrong pages in the brief.

Nothing is lost. In the workbench use Add page for a missing page and Delete page for one you do not need.