Build a social network, video site, calling app or search engine

Start a complete platform and make it yours by pointing and clicking, with no code.

Open Forge

Steps

  1. In Forge, choose Website. Under Start a platform, click the one you want, type its name and click Create.
  2. The platform studio opens with a live preview on sample content. Pick a screen to look at from the list at the top, and the phone or tablet buttons to see it on a smaller screen.
  3. In Look, choose a Colour theme, Light or dark, the corners, the lettering and a Logo. The preview changes as you click.
  4. To change any words, click Change words, then click the words in the preview and type new ones in the panel.
  5. In Menu, drag the items into the order you want and click the eye to hide one. In Features, switch off what your platform should not have.
  6. In Pages, click Design the welcome page to build the page visitors see before they sign in. Drag blocks onto it and click words to change them. Add more pages with Add a page.
  7. Click Publish. Your platform goes live at its .ocalt.site address with its own database and accounts.

What happens next

Visitors see your welcome page first, then sign up and use the platform. Anything you change in the studio afterwards goes live the next time you click Publish changes.

Good to know

  • The preview shows sample posts and videos so you can judge the look. Your visitors see their own.
  • Changing the code is never needed. If you want to, open More (the dots at the top right) and choose Open the code in Code & Deploy.

Still stuck?

Tell us which step stopped you and what you saw on screen. We answer from Support.