docs/obsidian-help/Obsidian Publish/Manage sites.md

This page explains how to manage [[Introduction to Obsidian Publish|Obsidian Publish]] sites.

A site is a collection of notes that's hosted by Obsidian Publish and available online, either through a Obsidian Publish address or a [[Set up a custom domain|custom domain]].

Create a new site

The number of sites that you can have at the same time is determined by your Obsidian Publish subscription. Before you create a new site, make sure that your subscription allows it.

1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes (paper plane icon).
2. If you already have an existing site, click Switch site (arrows icon).
3. In Site ID, enter the path you want for your site. For example, a site with the ID my-amazing-site is available from publish.obsidian.md/my-amazing-site.
4. Click Create.

Delete an existing site

Notes remain in your vault even after you delete a site.

1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes (paper plane icon).
2. Click Switch site (arrows icon).
3. Click Delete site (cross icon) to the right of the site you want to delete.
4. Click Delete to confirm.

Switch between sites

1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes (paper plane icon).
2. Click Switch site (arrows icon).
3. Click Choose to the right of the site you want to switch to.

Change the site ID

1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes (paper plane icon).
2. Click Switch site (arrows icon).
3. Click Edit site ID (pen icon) to the right of the site you want to edit.
4. In Site ID, enter the new ID for your site.
5. Click Change.

View site options

1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes (paper plane icon).
2. In the Publish changes dialog, click Change site options (cog icon).

Site Options

General

Option	Type	Description
Site Name	Input	The public name and title of your Obsidian Publish site.
Homepage File	Input	The location of the markdown file you want to act as your landing page.
Logo	Input	The image you want to act as your site banner. The image must [[Publish and unpublish notes#Publish notes|be published]].
Site Collaboration	Button	Declare other users you want to have access to edit your published notes. Users must have an Obsidian account.
Custom Domain	Button	[[Set up a custom domain]]
Disallow search engine indexing	Toggle	Prevents respectful search engines from crawling your site.

Appearance

Option	Type	Description
Theme	Dropdown	Choose how your theme presents on your site; Light, Dark, or Adapt to System.
Light/Dark Toggle	Toggle	Allow users to toggle Light/Dark mode with a toggle button on your site.

Reading experience

Option	Type	Description
Show hover preview	Toggle	Enable or disable the ability of page preview when hovering over an active, internal link.
Hide page title	Toggle	Enable or disable the inline title of a published note to be displayed.
Readable line length	Toggle	Enable or disable readable line length within your site.
Strict line breaks	Toggle	Enable or disable single line breaks from being displayed on your site.
Stack Pages	Toggle	Enable or disable [[Tabs#Stack tab groups

Components

Option	Type	Description
Show navigation	Toggle	Enable or disable the [[File explorer]] view on your publish site.
Customize navigation	Button	[[Customize your site#Customize navigation|Customize]] the order of how your files are listed if Show navigation is toggled on.
Show search bar	Toggle	Enable or disable a search bar on your site.
Show graph view	Toggle	Enable or disable the graph view within the right sidebar of your site.
Show table of contents	Toggle	Enable or disable the [[Outline|Table of contents]] view on your site.
Show backlinks	Toggle	Enable or disable [[Backlinks]] on your site.

The search bar searches for published note titles, aliases, and headings.

Other site settings

Option	Type	Description
Passwords	Button	[[Obsidian Publish/Security and privacy#Add a site password|Set a password]] to restrict access to your entire site.
Google Analytics tracking code	Input	Custom Domain Url Only. Place your Google Analytics site tracking code here.