# Publish Confluence pages as a public documentation site

To publish Confluence pages as a public documentation site, open Capable, choose **Sites**, then **Create site**. Name the site, add the spaces to publish, pick a theme, leave Access on **Public**, and select **Create and publish**. Check the staging preview, then select **Promote**. Your pages are live at the site address and open to search engines.

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## Before you start

* You need to be a Confluence admin to create a site.
* Check the spaces first. Confluence page restrictions do not carry over, so every page in a published space goes public unless it has the `capable-sites-exclude` label.
* Choose the web address carefully. It cannot be changed later, though you can add your own domain.

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## Steps

1. Open Capable, choose **Sites**, then **Create site**.
2. On **Overview**, enter the site name, check the suggested web address and add a description. Select **Continue**.
3. On **Scope**, add the spaces to publish, put them in navigation order, and pick a home space with the house icon if you want one. Select **Continue**.
4. On **Theme**, pick a palette and add your logo. Select **Continue**.
5. On **Access**, leave **Public** selected. Select **Continue**.
6. On **Create**, tick **Publish it right away** and select **Create and publish**.
7. When the build finishes, open the staging preview from the site's **Overview** and check it.
8. Select **Promote**, then **Promote to production**.

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## What happens next

Your site is live at its address, with sitemaps and a robots.txt that welcome search engines. Each page has a **Report content** link in its footer. When you edit pages in Confluence, nothing changes on the site until you run Update and Promote again.

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## Related

### [Your first site](https://help.gocapable.com/sites/your-first-site.html)

Every wizard step explained.

### [Update and promote](https://help.gocapable.com/sites/update-and-promote.html)

The two-stage publish.

### [What becomes a page](https://help.gocapable.com/sites/what-becomes-a-page.html)

What is and is not published.

### [Publishing and updating your site](https://help.gocapable.com/sites/publishing-and-updating-your-site.html)

More publishing guides.

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