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# Getting Started with Static sites in Dorik

# Getting Started

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

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# Create a new website with Static

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

- Log into your dorik account and go to Static under **Sites**
- Click on  `+ Create New Site` from ****the dashboard's top right corner
- To create a new website, you can
— Select a template if you want to start with a template
— Or click on  `+ Create From Scratch` to start with a blank canvas
— Or click on  `Import JSON` to import any template

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

1. Log into your dorik account and go to Static under **Sites**


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-8_dyawje.png)

2. Click on `+ Create New Site` from the dashboard's top right corner


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-9_1beea5t.png)

3. To create a new website, you can — 


| ⬇️ Select a **Template** if you want to start with a template. Refer to the GIF below to see the process of selecting a new template:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/doc1-1_323l6s.gif)

| Or click on `+ Create From Scratch` to start with a blank canvas. 


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-10_1eg0tx.png)

Refer to the GIF below:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/gif-recording-2023-07-14-at-34_hyg43c.gif)

| ⬇️ Or click on Import JSON to import any template. 


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-11_1ew9d8z.png)

Refer to the GIF below:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/doc2-1_1qvdw04.gif)

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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 or importing a template or selecting creating from scratch, your Dorik website builder will open
- 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 website —

- 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
- Click on `Publish` from the top right corner to make your website live
- After clicking the `Publish` button, a pop-up will appear
- Enter the **Project Name** and **Domain name**
- Set your **Site URL** ( Subdomain or Custom Domain )
- Click on `Publish`
- 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/screenshot25_wy3hyx.png)

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


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screenshot26_w31s8i.png)

3. After clicking the `Publish` button, the following pop-up will appear:


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screenshot27_bhisb8.png)

4. Enter the Project Name, Domain name & Set your Site URL (Subdomain or Custom Domain) 

5. Click on `Publish` Site


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/untitled-12_18eagmi.png)

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


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screenshot28_188psa7.png)

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| To see the whole process at a glance, Refer to the video below: 


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/doc3-1_14aevnm.gif)