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# Activate Your Site

Activate your site to make it accessible to members. The result of activation differs depending on whether you have a Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce site or a Lightning site.

### 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: 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><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Applies to: <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.exp_cloud_basics_glossary.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">LWR and Aura sites</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d68526e77">User Permissions
              Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d68526e77 ">To create an Experience Cloud site:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d68526e77 ">Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and Configuration</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d68526e77 ">To customize or publish an Experience Cloud site:</td>

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              <ul>
                <li>Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and Configuration AND be a member
                  of the site<p>OR</p>
                </li>

                <li>View Setup and Configuration AND be a member of the site AND have appropriate
                  <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_access_control_overview.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">role-based site access</a>
                </li>

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- Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce: Activating the site makes the site URL active and enables login access for members. If [welcome emails are enabled](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 any of those users are new users, their welcome email includes their username and password.
- Aura and LWR sites: Activating the site sends out a welcome email to all members. Activation is also required to successfully set up SEO for Lightning sites. To make the URL active and enable login access for members, publish the site.

![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 If your organization has enabled enhanced domains, site traffic is routed through one of Salesforce’s content delivery network (CDN) partners. Contact Salesforce Customer Support to opt out of the Salesforce CDN.

To activate a site:

1. From Setup, enter Digital Experiences in the global search box. Select **Sites**.
2. Open Experience Workspaces.
3. Select **Administration** | **Administration**.
4. Select **Activate**.
5. Select **OK**.
    
    ![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 To ensure your [contributors](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=networks_access_control_overview.htm&type=5&language=en_US) can access Experience Builder and Workspaces in an inactive community, enable the “Modify All Data” permission.

#### See Also

- [Experience Cloud Site Statuses](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_status.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Experience Cloud sites can have one of these statuses: preview, inactive, active, and archived.")
- [Customize Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_customize.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Update basic site settings like your site URL, site name, members, login options, and general preferences in the Administration tile of Experience Workspaces.")
- [Deactivate Your Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_unpublish.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Deactivate your site when you add or remove members; add, remove, or rearrange tabs; change the color scheme; or change the URL. You also must deactivate a site before you can archive it.")