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Account: Create a New Site
Homestead has a couple different builders that have been used over the years. There was the original Sitebuilder Desktop. That program is limited in it's use, since it is an older program that is less compatible with modern systems. There is Sitebuilder Plus. This is the online version of the Sitebuilder Desktop program. It can only be used on existing sites that are already utilizing the program. Then, there is Website Builder. This is our newest builder that all new sites are created on.
To create a new Website Builder site:
- Log in to your Homestead account.
- Click on the Websites Manager tab, then click on Add New Website.
Note: If you do not see Add New Website, then your account has reached its limit on sites. 2 additional sites can be made available for $2/month - Please provide a unique name for the site. This is just a placeholder that your site will be built under until you choose a domain name. Alternatively, you can choose to only use the site name, in which case, your site will work with the .homesteadcloud.com URL.
- Click Add this Site. If the site name is already in use, you will be prompted to choose a different name.
You do not enter a domain name in this space. - If your name is available, you will be taken back to the Websites Manager page.
- If you are ready to move on, click Choose Design.
- Select a category and/or search for keywords. You may also just browse through them by changing pages at the bottom.
- When you find a template, hover your mouse over that template and click the select button to see a preview.
- If you like the preview, click Select this Design. If you want to look at more options, select Close.
- At this time, it is not possible to change a template on a site. You would need to create a new site and pick a new template.
- At this time, it is not possible to change a template on a site. You would need to create a new site and pick a new template.
- Clicking Select this Design will now bring you to the editor.
Click here to jump to step 2!
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irena6031
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Why it is always such a quest to edit my site with this Homestead new product?
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ronald4765
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4 years ago
Site Builder makes it easy to build from a blank site. The online builder is too structured. Drag, move, edit, switch page, etc., is so easy with Site Builder. (Been with Homestead since 2002.) I only wish I could make my pages secure with https:.I can do a lot in just a few minutes on Site Builder, but with the online builder it takes forever. I feel like I've gone back to Kindergarten.
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seadreamer15
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3 years ago
Very frustrating! I want to create my own site, I don't want a template. It didn't give me that option and now I am unable to change the design, even though I am following the steps. I do not like this new sitebuilder!
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louray2765
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3 years ago
When I click "select this design" on step 9 I get a 404 error on every design.
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randolph2667
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3 years ago
trying to create a new site.... chose a template but says file not found? can someone help?
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maria8906
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3 years ago
How do I access my website to start designing it - it is not listed in the available options.
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wendy9550
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3 years ago
I currently have site builder plus with website gold extra ($273.99 per year) and I have been told that as I am having issues that I will need to change my site to Web builder. Does that mean that I will have to pay extra on top of what I am already paying?
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stanley9958
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what does "website Gold Plus Package" include. does it include 2 websites??? thanks
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charlharrison1647
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I can't even choose to design my own page. I have to use your predesigned ones... except now when I try to look at your predesigned ones, and click the homestead site builder... it sends me to a 404 Error page... STuck.
And I can't seem to get the new domain name I bought over to Homestead either... kurfunkled.
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stephen7648
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2 years ago
How do I edit my site with the new builder ? Please do not tell me that there is no upgrade tool and I have to completely rebuild my site from scratch ??
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