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Add a production or staging website

Create a blank site, install an application during setup or clone an existing website.

Where Websites → Add website

Enhance add website workflow

What this is for

  • Choose the hosting package.
  • Create production or staging safely.
  • Select blank, application or clone setup.

Before you start

  • Have the intended domain, customer and hosting package ready.
  • Decide whether this will be a live production site, a staging site, a blank site, an app installation or a clone.

Steps

  1. 1

    Select Add website and choose the package that will provide resources.

  2. 2

    Choose Production website for a public domain or Staging website for a test site.

  3. 3

    Choose Start from scratch, Install an app or Clone a website.

  4. 4

    Enter the domain or staging label and review the summary.

  5. 5

    Select Add and wait for provisioning to finish before changing DNS or uploading data.

Check it worked

  • The new website appears in Websites with the correct domain and environment type.
  • Its Overview page loads and provisioning no longer shows as pending or failed.

Tip

Use staging for risky upgrades and design work, then validate the result before pushing it live.

What the controls do

Control What it means
Production A live site on its own domain and a website resource slot.
Staging A test site below the configured staging domain.
Install an app Combines site creation with WordPress or another application.
Clone Copies content from a selected existing website.