{"id":39456,"date":"2023-10-04T09:04:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help-center-reorg.site.strattic.io\/?p=39456"},"modified":"2024-03-18T10:58:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T08:58:13","slug":"publishing-a-static-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publishing-a-static-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishing a static website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To publish a static website:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. <\/strong>Log in to the Elementor Dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. <\/strong>Hover over the site card, and click Open WP Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4.<\/strong> In the WordPress Dashboard, you can add posts, pages, etc. the same way you always do, or you can migrate your site<\/a>.

5.<\/strong> You can choose to first publish to your preview static site. To do this: In the admin bar<\/strong> go to Static publish button<\/strong> > Select Preview<\/strong>, and click Full Publish<\/a> to Preview<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the site is finished publishing, a popup with the URL of the preview static site appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. <\/strong>If everything looks good, you can publish (deploy) to your live site. In the admin bar<\/strong>, mouse over the Static publish button<\/strong> > Select Live<\/strong>, and click Full Publish to Live<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note<\/strong>: During the publish (deployment) process, all the links on your site go through a search and replace process so that the live static site uses the correct URLs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you click the Publish <\/strong>button, you\u2019re done! Your site now has all the goodies ????: static, SSL, CDN, HTTP\/2, greater security and scalability, and faster load times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now that you\u2019ve done your first full publish, we recommend learning about these useful publishing options next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n