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description: Update basic site settings like your site URL, site name, members, login options, and general preferences in the Administration tile of Experience Workspaces.
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# Customize Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce Sites

Update basic site settings like your site URL, site name, members, login options, and general preferences in the Administration tile of Experience Workspaces.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

You can customize your site at any time, but if you plan to make major changes, we recommend deactivating the site first.

1. Open Experience Workspaces.
2. Click **Administration**, then select what you want to customize.
    - [Add Members to Your Experience Cloud Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.networks_customize_members.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
    - [Add Tabs to Your Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_customize_tabs.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "If you’re using the Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce template, you can add tabs to your site.")
    - [Brand Your Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_customize_branding.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "If you’re using the Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce template, you can customize the look and feel of your site in Experience Workspaces. You can add your own logo, colors, and copyright so that your site matches your company's branding and is instantly recognizable to your site members.")
    - [Customize Login, Self-Registration, and Password Management for Your Experience Cloud Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_customize_login.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Configure the default login, logout, password management, and self-registration options for your site. Or customize the behavior with Apex and Visualforce or Experience Builder (Site.com Studio) pages. You can also use dynamic URLs to brand your pages at run time.")
    - [Customize Email Sent from Experience Cloud Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_customize_email.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can customize email sender information and Chatter email branding. You can also customize email templates, such as templates for welcoming new members and resetting members’ passwords. Decide how Salesforce sends emails for users with unverified email domains, and customize email templates in the user interface.")
    - [Override Default Pages in Your Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_page_overrides.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "For Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce sites, you can use company-branded Home and Service Not Available pages by overriding the standard pages in your site.")
    - [Configure Settings in Your Administration Workspace](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_customize_miscellaneous.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Configure settings in your administration workspace, and enable other optional features in your Experience Cloud site such as user nicknames, guest access, private messages, direct messages, content flagging, and reputation levels.")
    - [Update Your Experience Cloud Site’s Name, Status, and Description](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_customize_settings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Manage your Experience Cloud site name, description, status, and template all from one location.")
3. To share the site with stakeholders while it's still in Preview, copy the URL displayed on the **Administration** | **Administration** page.
    
    By sharing your site in Preview, you can get useful feedback to incorporate before going live. Also, by having early members post, comment, and share records, your site appears active when members log in to the site for the first time.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note You must add users as members of the site before you can share the site URL.

After you finish customizing your site, activate the site to make it available to members. If you [enable welcome emails](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_customize_email.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can customize email sender information and Chatter email branding. You can also customize email templates, such as templates for welcoming new members and resetting members’ passwords. Decide how Salesforce sends emails for users with unverified email domains, and customize email templates in the user interface.") when you activate, a welcome email is sent to all members. If users are new portal users, their welcome email includes their username and password.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_note.png)

Note You can't publish or unpublish a site that uses a Saleforce Tabs + Visualforce template. To make the site inaccessible, deactivate it.

- **[Brand Your Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_customize_branding.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    If you’re using the Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce template, you can customize the look and feel of your site in Experience Workspaces. You can add your own logo, colors, and copyright so that your site matches your company's branding and is instantly recognizable to your site members.
- **[Enable the Global Header for Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_enable_global_header.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    In Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce site and Salesforce Classic, the global header lets you switch between your sites and your Salesforce org.
- **[Choose a Landing Tab](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_landing_tab.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    If you are using the Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce template, you can select a landing tab for your site.
- **[Enable Leads for Visualforce Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_enable_leads_for_external_users.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    If you are using the Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce template, enable leads for partner users in your Experience Cloud site so that they can access and create leads in your sites.