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Create Your First Site

Go from signing in to opening the site administration page.

Sign In and Confirm the Entry Point

ItemDetails
Admin entry/_Admin/
Legacy path compatibility/_Admin/Sites returns to the site list
Main pagesSite list, folders, and site creation

After signing in, you enter the site list. This is an account-level page and does not contain a SiteId. If you already have a site, select Manage on its card to enter site Admin.

Create a Site

Admin provides three common methods:

MethodDeep linkRecommended use
Blank site/_Admin/createStart with the smallest site structure
Import site/_Admin/create/importImport an existing site package, ZIP file, or migration source
Clone site/_Admin/create/cloneCopy an existing site as the starting point for a new project

If template-based site creation is available in your environment, select a template from the site creation flow and review its name, domain, and source before creating the site.

Enter Site Admin for the First Time

After entering site Admin, the URL normally contains the site ID:

text
/_Admin/site/dashboard?SiteId={site-guid}

Site-level deep links in the CMS documentation use the same format. Replace {site-guid} with the SiteId from the address bar of your current site.

CheckLocation
Site name, default language, and Base URLBasic Settings: General
Whether the site needs multiple languagesBasic Settings: General and SPA Multilingual
Whether the site needs team collaborationSite Users and Roles
Whether the site needs AI capabilitiesAI Service

Next Step

Continue to Build Your First Page.