Getting started
Setting up your site: template, colour and address
The first time you open it, your site is ready-made from your company details; pick a template, a colour and an address and go live in a few steps.
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The first time you open Website from the left menu, the site's content is already prepared from your company details. Setup takes four short steps, and you can change every choice later. Nobody sees the site until you publish it.
1. Choose a template
There are four templates; the one that fits your industry is marked Suggested for your industry. The preview on the right changes as soon as you pick one.
| Template | Look |
|---|---|
| Signage & advertising | Your name on the façade: illuminated letters, glass or stone; strong colour, big headings. |
| UV print & acrylic | Airy, glossy cards; hero scene based on your industry (acrylic, frame, 3D print…). |
| Laser & wood | Warm tones, a craft feel; hero scene based on your industry (wood, metal, CNC…). |
| Print shop & promo | Orderly product list, classic type; hero scene based on your industry (print, textile, packaging…). |
- Signage & advertisingYour name on the façade: illuminated letters, glass or stone; strong colour, big headings.
- UV print & acrylicAiry, glossy cards; hero scene based on your industry (acrylic, frame, 3D print…).
- Laser & woodWarm tones, a craft feel; hero scene based on your industry (wood, metal, CNC…).
- Print shop & promoOrderly product list, classic type; hero scene based on your industry (print, textile, packaging…).
2. Choose a colour
The colour is used for buttons and highlights. The default is your company's brand colour (Settings › Logo and bank). Use Other colour to pick any colour you like. If the colour you choose is hard to read on a white background, you'll see a warning: pick a darker shade or press Use a readable shade.
3. Choose your site address
Your site's free address looks like yourcompany.teklifatolyesi.com. Use lowercase letters, digits and hyphens; 3–40 characters, not starting or ending with a hyphen. You can change the address later, but the old one then stops working, so decide before you share it. Details: Your site's free address.
4. Go live
When you press Publish, the site opens to everyone at its address. If you'd rather review the content first, choose Edit the content first: the editor opens, and when you're ready you publish with Publish at the top. What you need before publishing: Publishing and unpublishing.
Where does the ready-made content come from?
- Intro: your company name in the headline, your services in the subheadline.
- Services: from your recipes; recipes in the same category are grouped into one service, and the ones you use most come first (up to 8 services).
- Sample work: photos marked “Visible to customers” on your recipes (up to 12).
- About us: a short introduction based on your company name, industry, city and registered name.
- FAQ: your lead-time options, deposit rate, payment methods, the file types you accept and your invoicing details.
- Contact: the phone, email and address from your company details.
- Site survey: on by default for signage, CNC, metal, glass and stone work; off for other industries.
“Your account is read-only” warning
If your trial has ended or a payment is overdue, your account becomes read-only and the site can't be prepared. Once you renew your plan (Plan), setup continues where you left off.
Related topics
- Publishing, unpublishing and getting changes liveWhat you need to take your site live, what happens when you save, the preview link and taking the site offline temporarily.
- Template, colours and hero sceneChanging the template on the Appearance tab, choosing the main and accent colours, the readability check and choosing the hero scene.
- Your site's free address (subdomain)Every site gets a free address like yourcompany.teklifatolyesi.com; the rules and what happens when you change it.
- What is the website (showcase) and what is it for?A ready-made website for your workshop that loads fast on phones: the content fills in from your company details, and requests land straight in your inbox.
- Editor basics: tabs, preview and savingThe tabs on the Website screen, the live preview, saving, resetting a section to its default and unsaved changes.