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title: Manage Salesforce Sites
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description: Review the high-level steps to create and manage a Salesforce Site.
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# Manage Salesforce Sites

Review the high-level steps to create and manage a Salesforce 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: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Developer</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</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="d184578e70">User Permissions
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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d184578e70 ">To create and edit Salesforce Sites:</td>

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            <p>Customize Application</p>
            <p>OR</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Create and Set Up
              Experiences</p>
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To get started using Salesforce Sites, from Setup, enter Sites in the Quick Find box, then select **Sites**. From this page, you can:

- Register your Salesforce Sites domain, if you have not yet done so.
- View all sites hosted on your Salesforce Sites domain.
- To create a site, click **New**.
- To change an existing site, click **Edit**.
- To change the active status of your site, click **Activate** or **Deactivate**.
    
    ![Warning](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_warning.png)
    
    Warning Be careful not to expose any information that you do not want to make public.
- To view the site’s details, click the site's label.
- To set a default owner of records created by guest users, select Assign new records created by Salesforce Sites guest users to a default owner.
- To open a site in a browser, click the site's URL.

#### See Also

- [Salesforce Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.sites_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Salesforce Sites enables you to create public websites and applications that are directly integrated with your Salesforce organization—without requiring users to log in with a username and password. You can publicly expose any information stored in your organization through a branded URL of your choice. And you can make the site's pages match the look and feel of your company’s brand.")
- [Create and Edit Salesforce Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.sites_creating_and_editing_sites.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After you enable Salesforce Sites, create a Salesforce Site. Or, update an existing site.")
- [Configure Salesforce Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.sites_configuring_sites.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After you create your site, configure public access and login settings, then activate the site. Optionally, you can also create a syndication feed for your site, and assign error pages for standard errors.")