# Hosting your site

With Gridbox, you can host your site to Netlify in a click along with custom domain + free ssl (https) for free. 

### Hosting your site for the first time

Open the site you've created.

1. From the top right bar - Click on the publish button
2. It will open the dialog with "Login with Netlify" button.
3.  Login to Netlify Account if you've one or [create a new account.](https://app.netlify.com/signup) \[This step needed is only for the first time ]
4. Once connected, you can see - "Ready to host your website. Please click on publish to proceed"
5. Click on publish 
6. That's it. You will see the auto generated hosted url.

### Publishing content changes

1. From the top right bar - Click on the publish button
2. It will open the dialog
3. Click on publish changes 
4. That's it. 

### Renaming the site url

If you would like to continue with the default netlify url, still you can rename the url. 

For eg:

random-site-32s4.netlify.app -> your\_name.netlify.app

1. Click on edit.
2. Enter the name you want to rename to 
3. That's it. 

![Renaming the site](https://1993588132-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Mgj45dJ-t6Yc2Yz_AG3%2Fuploads%2FhkCWp1E03NBuKV3LrA44%2Fchange-site-name.JPG?alt=media\&token=427c445e-a255-4886-b310-7f7dc01ad729)

### Adding Custom Domain in Netlify 

![](https://1993588132-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Mgj45dJ-t6Yc2Yz_AG3%2Fuploads%2FFIqxGgjGNPFnu9MaO9dZ%2Fpublish-to-netlify.JPG?alt=media\&token=63995ded-4d15-44d9-a113-44c2dacc0f03)

To add custom domain 

1. Click on the **custom domain** button
2. This will take you to Netlify Custom Domain Settings

### Mapping your domain 

1. Follow the instructions given in the screen
2. Create a CNAME record www -> sometitle.netlify.app 
3. You will see the default Netlify Generatated Subdomain (for eg: <https://somesite.netlify.app>)
4. To add custom domain -> Click on Add custom domain button
5. Then add your domain and click on verify to proceed further&#x20;

Once you're done, allow up to 1 hr for the changes to take effect.&#x20;

![](https://1993588132-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Mgj45dJ-t6Yc2Yz_AG3%2F-MgkRLVSx_zRIKOZEv7X%2F-MgkU6qTgId2Q7sLqZAW%2FScreenshot%202021-08-10%20at%2020-02-37%20Domain%20management%20Site%20settings.png?alt=media\&token=1e15cf5e-98b2-4418-b11d-435fd71700e7)

![Domain Verification](https://1993588132-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Mgj45dJ-t6Yc2Yz_AG3%2F-MgkRLVSx_zRIKOZEv7X%2F-MgkUGze0X1IgLfUWjpR%2FScreenshot%202021-08-10%20at%2020-03-00%20Add%20a%20custom%20domain%20to%20your%20site%20Netlify.png?alt=media\&token=ff2368a8-2a43-491d-a99b-674800d723b7)

### Further Reading

{% embed url="<https://docs.netlify.com/domains-https/custom-domains/>" %}


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