Publishing and domains
Your cubesites.site address
The included address, how to tidy it, and when to make it the main one.
- 3 minute read
- 3 interactive walkthroughs
- For everyone publishing a website
The included address#
Every website comes with an address at cubesites.site, built from the short name you chose when the site was created: your-company.cubesites.site. It works from the first publish, needs no DNS and costs nothing extra, which is why a site can go live in an afternoon.
The address can be tidied later in website Settings, under the Website card. Lower-case words with hyphens are the house style; the address is what you will read out loud to a customer, so it is worth one more minute of thought.
Addresses
The cubesites.site address is included and always works. Your own domain is optional.
DNS changes can take a few hours.
Your site is live
Everyone who visits now sees the latest version of your website.
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Main address
The cubesites.site address is included, always works, and starts as the main one.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
- 1Check the address reads well spoken aloud.
- 2Change it in Settings if it does not, before the site is shared anywhere.
- 3Publish for the change to take effect.
Changing the address#
Changing the included address moves the whole website, every page at once. Links people already have to the old address stop working, so for a site that has been public the safer route is a custom domain or a redirect, not a rename.
For a site nobody has seen yet, renaming costs nothing. Do it now rather than living with a typo forever.
Addresses
The cubesites.site address is included and always works. Your own domain is optional.
DNS changes can take a few hours.
Step 1 of 2
Lower-case with hyphens
The address is read aloud to customers, so give it one more minute of thought than a password gets.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
Good to know: The address is part of the site, not the plan. It moves with the website between plans and never reverts.
Making an address the main one#
Once a custom domain is connected, the website has two addresses that both work. One is the main address, and that is the one shown in headings, shared links and search results; the other redirects politely to it.
Make main switches which is which, one click, and the switch is safe to flip back. Most businesses make their own domain main as soon as it is connected, and keep the cubesites.site address as a never-fails backup.
Addresses
The cubesites.site address is included and always works. Your own domain is optional.
DNS changes can take a few hours.
Step 1 of 2
Make main
Switches which address is shown in headings, shared links and search results. Safe to flip back.
Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.
- The address reads well in an email
- Search results and share links use the main address
- The other address still answers, not 404s
Common questions
Can I use my own domain from day one?
Yes, connect it before the first publish if it is ready. The included address still works as a backup.
Related guides
- Connect your own domainPoint www.your-company.co.uk at the site: the records, the wait, and what can go wrong.Publishing and domains
- Publish and unpublishChoose what goes live in the Publish dialog, publish products on their own, see what is waiting, and take a site offline without deleting it.Publishing and domains
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