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# Manage Domains in Site.com

Before you can publish your site to the Internet, you must set the site's domain information.

### Required Editions

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td>

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              <p>Available for purchase in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>,
                and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available (with limitations) in:
                <strong>Developer</strong> Edition
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21523e74 ">To manage domains and publish Site.com sites:</td>

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              <p><samp class="parmname">Site.com Publisher User</samp> field enabled on the
                user detail page</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Site administrator role assigned at the
                site level</p>
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To add a domain to the site's domains list, Salesforce must verify that you own the domain name. The verification method you choose depends on whether the domain name is in use.

- [Add domain names using CNAME records](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_domains.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To publish a site to the Internet, you must first set its domain information. Add a domain name using a CNAME record if you're creating a domain name, or if you're adding a domain name that's currently not in use.") if you're creating a domain name or using a domain name that's not currently in use.
- [Add domain names using TXT records](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_domains_migrating.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To publish a site to the Internet, you must first set its domain information. Add a domain name using a TXT record if you're reusing a domain name that's currently in use. For example, if you're migrating from an existing site to a new Site.com site, you can transition seamlessly to the new site when you're ready to go live. This method is suitable only for existing sites that use DNS A records.") if the domain name is already in use on another website and you want to reuse it. The existing website must also use domain name system (DNS) A records.

- **[Add Domains Using CNAME Records in Site.com](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_domains.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    To publish a site to the Internet, you must first set its domain information. Add a domain name using a CNAME record if you're creating a domain name, or if you're adding a domain name that's currently not in use.
- **[Add Domains Using TXT Records in Site.com](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_domains_migrating.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    To publish a site to the Internet, you must first set its domain information. Add a domain name using a TXT record if you're reusing a domain name that's currently in use. For example, if you're migrating from an existing site to a new Site.com site, you can transition seamlessly to the new site when you're ready to go live. This method is suitable only for existing sites that use DNS A records.
- **[Publish and Manage Live Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_publish_map.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When you publish a site in Site.com, you make its pages and assets live on the Internet so site visitors can access them.
- **[Publish Site Changes](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_publish.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When you publish a site in Site.com, you make its pages and assets live on the Internet so site visitors can access them.
- **[Take a Site Offline](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_publish_offline.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Unpublish and delete a Site.com site.

#### See Also

- [Publish Site Changes](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_publish.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When you publish a site in Site.com, you make its pages and assets live on the Internet so site visitors can access them.")
- [Take a Site Offline](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_publish_offline.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Unpublish and delete a Site.com site.")