Capable Sites

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Select one or more spaces, configure branding and access control, and publish - your site is generated as a fully static website with sidebar navigation, full-text search, and responsive design.

Capable Sites

#1. Creating a Site

To create a site, navigate to the Sites section in the Capable app and click Create Site.

Create a site →
Create a Capable Site

#2. Content & Spaces

Your site's content comes entirely from Confluence. Pages are fetched from the spaces you assign to the site, converted to static HTML, and published.

Choose scope →
Sites Panel for Confluence

#3. Staging & Publishing

Sites use a two-step publishing workflow: staging (preview) and production (live).

Staging changes →
Manage Capable Sites in Confluence

#4. Theming & Branding

Customize your site's appearance to match your brand. All theme settings are available in the site settings panel under Theme & Branding.

Theming your site →
Theme Capable Sites in Confluence

#5. Navigation & Layout

Your site uses a responsive layout with:

  • Header with built-in search, theme toggle and optional Space tab navigation

  • Page tree sidebar

  • Table of contents sidebar

  • Footer

Site layout →

#6. Custom Domains

You can connect a custom domain to your site instead of using the default *.capable-sites.com subdomain.

Set up a custom domain →

#7. Access Control

Control who can view your published site. Three visibility modes are available:

  • Public

  • Password-protected

  • Login with Atlassian

  • OAuth (Single Sign-On) COMING SOON

Restrict access to sites →
No authentication

No authentication

Allow anyone with the internet to access your site.

Password

Password

Require a preset password for basic access control.

SSO

SSO

Use Microsoft, Google or Okta authentication for users.

#8. SEO

You can optimize your site for SEO by adding page title, description, custom paths and cover images.

Optimize for SEO →
Per-page SEO for Capable Sites

#9. Redirects

Configure URL redirects to handle moved or renamed pages. Redirects are managed in the Redirects tab of site settings.

Set up redirections →
Redirections for Capable Sites

#10. Integrations

Inject custom code into your site for analytics, chat widgets, and other third-party services.

Add integrations →
Integrations for Capable Sites

#11. Supported Macros

When your Confluence pages are published to a site, macros are converted to static HTML.

Supported macros →
Macro Status for Capable Sites

#12. Use the byline menu

You can use the byline menu to see what sites a page is part of, update it’s metadata and access a basic preview of the page.

View Page Sites Status in Confluence