# Set up Obsidian Publish

In this guide, you'll enable Obsidian Publish for your vault, create a site, and publish your notes to it.

# Prerequisites

• An Obsidian account. If you don't have one, sign up now.
• An active Obsidian Publish subscription. If you don't have one, subscribe from your account dashboard.

# Log in with your Obsidian account

1. Open Settings.
2. In the sidebar, select General.
3. Under Account → Your account, select Log in.
4. In Email, enter your email.
5. In Password, enter your password.
6. Click Login.

# Enable Obsidian Publish

1. Open Settings.
2. In the sidebar, select Core plugins.
3. Enable Publish.

# Open Publish

You can access Publish through the following options: the command palette, a hotkey, or the ribbon.

# Open via Command palette

Desktop/Tablet

1. Open the Command palette ( ).
2. Type "Publish".
3. Select the Publish: Publish changes... option.

The Publish changes window will appear in a new pop-up.

Mobile

1. Open the Ribbon ( ).
2. Open the Command palette ( ).
3. Type "Publish".
4. Select the Publish: Publish changes... option.

The Publish changes menu will appear as a slide-up.

# Open via hotkey

1. Open Settings.
2. In the Options category, select Hotkeys.
3. In the hotkey search bar, type "Publish".
4. Next to Publish: Publish changes..., assign your preferred hotkey.
5. Close Settings.
6. Use your hotkey to open Publish changes.

# Open via ribbon

You can also access Obsidian Publish via the ribbon.

Desktop/Tablet

1. Open the left Sidebar ( ).
2. Select the Publish changes ( ) icon.

The Publish changes window will appear in a new pop-up.

Mobile

1. Open the Ribbon ( ).
2. Select the Publish changes ( ) icon.

The Publish changes menu will appear as a slide-up.

# Create a new site

1. Open Publish
2. 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.
3. Select Create.

# Set a site name

1. Open Publish
2. Select Change site options ( ).
3. In Site name, under General, enter the name of your site.
4. Select Save site settings.

# Select notes to publish

1. Open Publish
2. Select NEW to view all the notes you haven’t published yet.
3. Choose the notes you want to publish.
4. Select Publish.

[!abstract] Further reading: Publish your content, Security and privacy, Publish limitations

You've configured an Obsidian Publish site and published your first notes. Head over to the site address you configured earlier in this guide, and start sharing it with your readers.

# Next steps

Now that you've published your first notes, you might want to:

• Set up a custom domain for your site: Custom domains
• Learn about advanced site customization: Customize your site
• Find out how to add social media cards: Social media link previews