3.3 – Publish Your Website Lesson

Lesson Overview

Publishing is more than flipping a switch. This lesson focuses on the practical checks and choices that make a real difference once your website is public. First, you will validate how your design behaves on mobile. Half of your visitors may browse on a phone, so the built in mobile view is not optional. The builder already produces a mobile friendly layout, and you can make targeted tweaks, hide elements by device, or let the AI layout assistant clean up spacing issues.

Before you hit publish, the startup guide helps you finish loose ends, like updating social icons with your actual Facebook and Instagram links. If content growth is part of your plan, you can add a blog page. The builder creates placeholders you can remove, then you can paste in AI written posts from your SEO workflow later.

When it is time to share, preview the site and then go live. You will get a temporary domain that you can send to coworkers, clients, or friends to collect feedback quickly. For a public launch, attach a custom domain. You can buy one through Hostinger or connect an existing domain from a provider like GoDaddy and complete the verification steps. Since Hostinger also offers email tied to your domain and a dashboard for sites, domains, and billing, you can manage everything in one place.

Who This Is For

If you are getting ready to show your site to real users, this lesson helps you cross the last mile with confidence. It is especially useful for:

• Small business owners shipping a service website
• Freelancers polishing a portfolio or studio site
• Marketers preparing a campaign landing site and seeking early feedback
• Creators who want a blog area ready for future posts
• Teams with domains at providers like GoDaddy that need to connect and verify
• Anyone who wants an all in one setup for domain, website, and email

Where This Fits in a Workflow

Use this lesson after you have a working draft in the builder. It bridges the gap between a private design and a site people can visit. Start by reviewing desktop and mobile layouts, then complete key setup items the startup guide flags. If content marketing is on your roadmap, add a blog now so the structure is in place.

Next, preview the site as visitors will see it, then publish using the temporary domain to gather quick feedback. When the design and text feel stable, attach a custom domain through Hostinger or connect an existing domain and verify ownership. If you plan to send outreach or customer support from your brand, set up email on your domain. These steps turn a working draft into a public site you can share, test, and improve.

Technical & Workflow Benefits

Building for multiple devices used to mean creating separate designs for desktop and mobile. The builder now produces a mobile friendly layout by default, which removes duplicate work. If something still feels off on a phone screen, device specific visibility gives you a simple fix. You can hide a section on mobile while keeping it on desktop, or the other way around. The AI auto fix tool can also solve spacing or alignment issues without manual nudging.

Publishing often stalls at the domain step. A temporary domain removes that friction so you can gather feedback without touching DNS settings. When you are ready for a branded launch, buying a domain through Hostinger is quick, while connecting an existing domain from GoDaddy or another provider is supported with a guided verification process. Keeping the website, domain, and email in one platform reduces context switching and speeds up changes later, which helps teams launch faster and maintain consistency.

Practice Exercise

Try this with a draft site in your builder:

1. Switch to mobile view. Choose one section that looks crowded on a phone and either hide it on mobile or run the AI auto fix layout to improve spacing. Then return to desktop view to confirm nothing unexpected changed.
2. Open the startup guide. Edit the social icons so they link to your actual Facebook and Instagram pages. If you plan to publish articles later, add a blog page, remove the placeholder posts, and leave a single draft post titled Coming Soon.
3. Use Preview to view the site as a visitor would on both desktop and mobile. Publish to create the temporary domain and share that link with one colleague. Ask for one piece of feedback on the mobile experience and one on the clarity of your homepage.

Reflection: What changed after hiding or adjusting one mobile section, and did the AI auto fix produce a better result than your manual edit?

Course Context Recap

Earlier you created and refined a service website with the drag and drop builder, including layout controls and content updates. This lesson takes you through the final checks, preview, go live, and domain choices so you can share your site and start collecting feedback. Next, you will see how to generate a one page website directly from a text prompt and use it to capture leads for a service, product, or software launch. Continue through the course to build both styles and choose the one that best fits your launch plan.