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<p>Publishing your site makes it appear online for the first time. Any changes you make afterward will also need to be published for them to go live. Follow the instructions below based on what you need to do.</p>

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<h2 class="subTitleHelp" id="site">Publishing your website for the first time</h2>

<p>Once your website in <a href="/help/article/cd-website-editor-website-builder">Website Builder</a> is ready to go live, follow these steps to publish it:</p>

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	<li>In your Website Editor, click on the <strong>PUBLISH </strong>button. The <strong>Choose a website domain </strong>screen will appear. &nbsp;

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	<p><img alt="Choose Your Domain" height="297" length="800" src="https://webcomkb.com/crazydomains/website-builder/cd-website-builder-dashboard/wbdomain.png" width="500" /></p>

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	<li>Select a domain where you want the website to be published.&nbsp;
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				<td><strong>Free domain</strong></td>
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				<p>This is a temporary domain that you can use to test your website.</p>
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				<p><strong>(<code class="codeblock">yourdomain.com</code>)</strong></p>
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				<p>This is your main domain. If you choose your main domain, make&nbsp;sure to configure the DNS of this domain name to point to your website&nbsp;builder&nbsp;IP address.&nbsp;<br />
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				Learn how to&nbsp;<a href="/help/article/connect-a-domain-to-your-website-in-website-builder">Connect a Domain to Your Website in Website Builder</a>.&nbsp;</p>
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	<li>Click on the <strong>PUBLISH </strong>button.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Wait for the system to publish your website.</li>
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<h2>Publishing website changes</h2>

<p>Whenever you make changes to your website afterwards, just click on the <strong>PUBLISH </strong>button again to publish the new changes.</p>

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CD Website Builder | Publishing Your Website

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Free domain	This is a temporary domain that you can use to test your website.
(`yourdomain.com`)	This is your main domain. If you choose your main domain, make sure to configure the DNS of this domain name to point to your website builder IP address. Learn how to Connect a Domain to Your Website in Website Builder.