The last step of setup puts your chosen theme online as a real website. It usually takes a couple of minutes.
What is a site slot?
A slot is a space in your account for one website. Your CRM, forms, chat, booking calendar and email for that site all live in its slot. Your plan decides how many slots you have, so you can run more than one site from one account.
During setup you’ll see your theme and one empty slot.
Place your theme
If your account has one empty slot (most new accounts do), we place your theme in it for you. The page says We placed (your theme) in your site slot. Name your site, then deploy. Go straight to the name and Deploy My Website.
Changed your mind? Click the theme to take it out of the slot.
If you have more than one empty slot, or you took the theme out:
- Click your theme to select it.
- Click the empty slot to place the theme in it.
Once the theme is in the slot, you’ll see Deploy My Website.
Name your site
Before you deploy, give the site a name. We suggest one for you, and you can change it.
- “This site name is available.” You’re good to go.
- “That site name is already taken. Pick another one before you deploy.” Another site already uses that name, so Deploy My Website stays off. Type a different one, or click Use suggestion.
The name also becomes part of your site’s first web address. You can change the name later in your Site Manager under Site Settings, then General.
Deploy and wait
Click Deploy My Website. A progress list appears. Each row means:
| Row | What’s happening |
|---|---|
| Copy your theme | We copy your theme into your slot. |
| Set up your site’s content | We set up your pages, settings and content. |
| Create your site’s code copy | We save your own copy of the site’s code. |
| Publish your site | We build the site and put it online. |
Each row turns green as it finishes. Most sites finish in under two minutes. Keep the window open and we’ll move you on automatically when it’s done.
“Still working on your site”
If it takes more than 10 minutes, the message changes to Still working on your site. This doesn’t mean it failed. The site is often still finishing in the background.
- We keep checking every 30 seconds and move you on as soon as it’s ready.
- Click Check again to check right now.
- You can close the page and come back later. When you return to setup, we look up how your site is doing and pick up where it left off.
If it fails
If something goes wrong you’ll see Deployment needs attention with a short reason.
- Click Retry Deployment. It tries again in the same slot, so nothing is lost. The page shows which attempt you’re on and why the last one stopped.
- Click Check my site’s status if you think it may have finished anyway.
- If it keeps failing, email support@growthautomations.com. The link on the page fills in the subject for you. Tell us your site name and the reason shown on the page.
Next
When it finishes, click Continue. See You’re live: what to do next.