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# Getting Started with Dorik CMS

# Getting Started

To create a new website with Dorik, you can start with CMS or Static. In this documentation, you will learn how to start with **CMS**. Follow the steps below to learn about the process.

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# Create a new website with CMS

## Creating a new CMS site

**Follow all the steps below** to learn how to create a new website with CMS —

- Go to **CMS** & click on the `+ Create New Site` from ****the dashboard's top right corner
- Choose any **Template** according to your preferences
- Click on `+` icon
- After clicking on the `+` icon, a pop will appear
- Enter the title of the website under the **Site Name** field
- Enter the domain under the **Domain** field
- Press `Create`
- Done! your CMS site will be created

The **Images** below show the whole process being demonstrated visually ⬇️

1. Go to **Dorik CMS** & click on the `+ New CMS site` from the dashboard's top right corner


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-13_19zep3g.png)

2. Choose any Template according to your preferences


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/doc4-2_1i2a0og.gif)

3. Click on `+` icon 


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-14_ncnsx3.png)

4. After clicking on `+` a pop will appear as shown below:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-15_r67d08.png)

5. Enter the title of the website under the Site Name field, the domain under the Domain field, and press Create


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-16_1ko0ju5.png)

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## Building or Customizing the site

Follow all the steps below to learn how to build or customize your website —

- After choosing a template, your **CMS Dashboard** builder will open
- Go to **Design & Pages** under Styles & Settings & click on it
- Clicking by **Design & Pages** your **Website Builder** will open
- You may build or customize your website by following our

[Builder Basics](/en/article/builder-basics-1vmc59h/)

      The **Images** below show the whole process being demonstrated visually ⬇️

1. After choosing a template, the following **CMS Dashboard** builder will open


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-17_1j5o2wz.png)

2. Go to Design & Pages under Styles & Settings & click on it


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-18_rse7f9.png)

3. Clicking by Design & Pages your Website Builder will open as shown below:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/nirvana-wedding-template-dorik_4uybjb.png)

4. You may build or customize your website by following our  

 [Builder Basics](/en/article/builder-basics-1vmc59h/)

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## Save & Publish the site

**Follow all the steps below** to learn how to **Save & Publish** your **CMS** site —

- After building or adding content to your site, you may save it as a draft without publishing it to a live URL by clicking the `Save` button from the top navigation
- Press `Publish` from the top right corner to make your website live
- To visit your site externally, click on the icon right next to `Publish` button

      The **Images** below show the whole process being demonstrated visually ⬇️

1. After building or adding content to your website, you may save it as a draft without publishing it to a live URL by clicking the `Save` button from the top navigation.


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screen-shot-2023-03-15-at-2533_1rhjbo3.png)

2. Press `Publish` from the top right corner to make your website live


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/https-task10dcmssite-dashboard_1ktrr3t.png)

3. To visit your site externally, click on the icon right next to `Publish` button


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/https-task10dcmssite-dashboard_17dpj14.png)

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# Related Articles


[CMS Dashboard](/en/article/cms-dashboard-ucntz4/)


[CMS Row and Column](/en/article/cms-row-and-column-gey9bi/)


[Builder Basics](/en/article/builder-basics-1vmc59h/)