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# Using Site.com Studio as a Site Administrator or Designer

Site.com Studio provides a dedicated site-building environment for site administrators and designers.

### 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
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available (with limitations) in:
              <strong>Developer</strong> Edition
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            Needed</th>
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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59339e72 ">To build, edit, and manage sites 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 or designer role
              assigned at the site level</p>
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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d59339e72 ">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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Using the many features available, you can:

- [Create page templates](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_page_master_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A page template lets you define the layout and functionality of site pages in one location. By adding common page elements to the template and then basing site pages on it, you can achieve a consistent look and feel throughout your site. And because a template-based page inherits the template's elements, you can make site-wide changes from one location.") to base your site pages on.
- [Create site pages](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_page_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "As a site administrator or designer, when you create a site page, you can choose to base it on a layout or page template.").
- [Import assets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_assets_import.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Contributors, publishers, and site administrators can import a variety of assets, such as images, HTML pages, and PDFs, to use in a website. You can import assets and files individually, or use a zipped file. When importing entire websites or large numbers of assets, it’s easier to create a zipped file of the content with the desired folder structure. When importing the zipped file for a website, Site.com recreates your website and places everything in the same folder structure."), such as images and files.
- [Edit the site's style sheet](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_style_sheet_edit.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When working with style sheets, you can add style items, organize them into groups, and edit the CSS code directly.") or [create new style sheets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_style_css_create_sheet.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A default style sheet called “Site Style Sheet” is included with every site you create. However, if you're familiar with CSS and need multiple style sheets, you can create ones to use in your site.").
- [View and edit a page or template](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_page_edit.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When working with page templates and site pages, you can add content, structure, and style, all in one place.").
- [Add page elements](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_objects_add.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Page elements are the building blocks of your site pages and page templates. Panel elements add structure to your pages. You can think of both pages and panels as “containers” for the page elements that you add to them.") to your site pages to provide features and functionality.
- [Use data services](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_data_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Site.com data services combine many features that let you connect to standard and custom Salesforce objects. Retrieve data from your organization's objects and dynamically display it on your site pages, or alternatively, gather and submit data from your customers. And when you update data in your Salesforce object, the changes are reflected automatically on the live site—no site updates required!") to connect to Salesforce objects to retrieve and display, or to submit data.
- [Create custom widgets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_widget_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Widgets let you create custom, reusable page elements by combining existing Site.com page elements, custom code, and CSS.") that you and other users can reuse throughout the site.
- [Create a multilingual site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_languages_create_site.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Creating a multilingual site is a multistep process. It involves defining the languages you want your site to support, adding translated content for each language, and letting your site visitors choose their preferred language.") that lets site visitors choose their preferred language.
- [Create events](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_events_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use events to add interactive and animated effects to the pages and page elements of your website.") to add interactive and animated effects to your website.
- [Add IP restrictions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_ip_set.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Control site visitors' access to the pages, page templates, folders, and assets in your site by setting the range of permitted IP addresses.") to control site visitors' access to the pages, page templates, folders, and assets in your site.
- [Add URL redirects](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_redirects.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "If you move or reorganize pages in your site, search engines can have trouble finding the new page locations. To avoid this issue, set up URL redirects to inform users and search engines that site content has moved.") to inform users and search engines if site content has moved.
- [Create folders](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_folders_manage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "As a site administrator or designer, you can create folders to manage your pages, style sheets, templates, and assets.") to organize your site content.
- [Preview your site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_preview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Contributors, designers, and site administrators can preview site pages to see how they look when rendered in a browser window. It's always a good idea to make sure your changes are displayed correctly, as this preview is how the pages appear on the live site.") or generate an anonymous preview link to send to other users.
- [Manage the domain information](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_domains_map.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before you can publish your site to the Internet, you must set the site's domain information.") for your site.
- [Publish your recent changes](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.") to the live site.
- [Duplicate](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_website_duplicate.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Create a copy of a site."), [import](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_website_importing.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can import an exported Site.com site into your organization. When you import a site, you’re given the site administrator role in the site. You can import a site file that was exported in Summer ’19 or later and has a maximum site size of 2 GB."), and [export](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_website_export.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can export your site from Site.com to your hard drive. The site is exported in a packaged format with a .site extension, which you can import into another Salesforce organization. The maximum site size you can import is 2 GB.") sites.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)

Note

- Designers can't manage domains or publish content.
- You can't create, delete, or duplicate community sites in Site.com.

#### See Also

- [Understand the Site Administrator and Designer's Overview Tab](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_overviewtab.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "As a site administrator or designer, when you open a site in Site.com Studio, it opens on the Overview tab. Here you can access and manage the site's components and configure the site's properties.")
- [Plan and Implement a Site.com Website](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_workflow.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "There are many approaches to building a website. The process that best suits your needs depends on many factors, such as the size of your team and the tasks you're responsible for. If you're a site administrator or designer, you’re involved in every stage, including adding and maintaining the site's content. Alternatively, you can have contributors who add, edit, and maintain this content. And if you're a contributor, you can be responsible for editing and updating all of the site's content, or you can work with other contributors, designers, and site administrators to bring the site to completion. There are various stages involved in creating a site with Site.com.")
- [Set Up the Contributor’s Studio View](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_contrib_view.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Control what your contributors can do in Site.com Studio.")
- [Site.com Tab Overview](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_hometab.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "If you can't see the Site.com tab, go to the Site.com app. It's available in the Lightning Platform app menu in the Salesforce header. Then click the Site.com tab to view the list of your Site.com sites.")