> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.uplifter-curling.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is the website builder?

> The Website section of the dashboard is your club's public site — it replaces the Joomla site a CCM club used to run.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * Your public site lives at **your-subdomain** plus the platform suffix (for example `curl-vegas.uplifter-curling.com`). You pick the subdomain under **Website → General**.
  * Every website screen needs the **website.edit** permission. Curling Administrators have it, and so does the **Curling Communications** starter access level.
  * The website builder is only in the new view. It stays in the sidebar when you use the classic view, but every website screen opens in the new look.
  * **Save Changes** stores your settings; **Go Live** is what makes the site visible. Until you go live, every public address returns "not found".
  * A migrated club whose site is being served as a frozen copy of its old website sees only **General** and **Form Submissions** here until it switches to the builder.
</Note>

The website builder is the part of the dashboard that runs your club's public website. For a club moving off Curling Club Manager it takes over from the Joomla site: pages, menus, documents, photo galleries, newsletters, news posts and sponsors all live here, and the importer carries your old content into it.

The **Website** section of the sidebar has one screen per job:

* **General** — your web address, branding (colours, logo, favicon), the hero banner on the built-in home page, information boxes, contact and social links, and the banner and sidebar touts. Migrated clubs also see the import checklist here.
* **Pages** — switches for the built-in sections (Programs, Calendar, Contact, Facilities, Team, News and so on).
* **Club Pages** — free-form pages you build from blocks, published at `/pages/your-slug`.
* **Form Submissions** — enquiries sent from any form block on your pages.
* **Site Menu**, **Site Sidebar**, **Header & Home**, **Templates**, **Theme** — how the site is arranged and drawn.
* **Documents**, **Photo Galleries**, **Media Library**, **Newsletters**, **News & Articles**, **Sponsors & Alerts**, **Team** — the content that fills it.

While your site is a frozen copy of your old website, every screen except **General** and **Form Submissions** is hidden; see [How do I switch from the frozen copy to the website builder?](/club/website/how-do-i-switch-from-the-frozen-copy-to-the-website-builder).

Saving any of these updates the public site straight away; there is no separate "deploy" step. The one exception is publishing itself: the site is hidden from visitors until you press **Go Live** on the General screen.

**Related:** [How do I choose my web address?](/club/website/how-do-i-choose-my-web-address) · [How do I publish my site?](/club/website/how-do-i-publish-my-site) · [How do I create a club page?](/club/website/how-do-i-create-a-club-page) · [What are site templates?](/club/website/what-are-site-templates) · [How do I switch from the frozen copy to the website builder?](/club/website/how-do-i-switch-from-the-frozen-copy-to-the-website-builder)


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