What should I do in the first hour after I get my site?

Before you start

• Your site is bought and installed. If you have not created your owner account yet, see How do I create my owner account the first time?.

Steps

1. Sign in. Open your admin and sign in. See How do I sign in to my admin?.
2. Turn on two-step sign-in. It takes about 2 minutes. See Set up two-step sign-in.
3. Make it yours. On Home, the "Get your site ready" card starts with "Make it yours: logo, colours and fonts". Tap Start. It takes about 3 minutes. When it says your design is ready, tap Review and publish. See Branding.
4. Check your web address. The card step "Your site’s web address" shows your live address, or lets you set up your own domain on keynate.com.
5. Write your first story. Tap Write a story, save it as a draft and publish when it is ready. See Write a new story.
6. Check who can see your site. If Home shows "Your site is hidden", tap Make public when you are ready. See Site visibility.
7. Write your privacy notice. The card step "Privacy notice for readers" says it takes about 2 minutes.
8. Connect payments. Only if you want readers to pay you. The step "Get paid by readers" opens your payment connections. See Payments.
9. Connect email. "Email & SMS" is needed for sign-in codes, receipts and replies to readers.
10. Invite your team. Add editors and reporters on the Team page. See Roles explained.

Good to know

• Each step only shows to people who may do it. A step you can not do is hidden.
• The card hides itself when every step is done.
• Settings has a longer list called Set up your site with domain, email, payments, reader sign-in, alerts, ads, social links and analytics. See Set up your site.
• Not sure what a screen is? Tap the ? next to the page title, or use Help and Ask AI.

Questions

Related

• Home
• Set up your site
• Branding
• Write a new story