# Manage sites

This page explains how to manage 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 custom domain.

# Create a new site

  1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes ( ).
  2. If you already have an existing site, click Switch site ( ).
  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

  1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click Publish changes ( ).
  2. Click Switch site ( ).
  3. Click Delete site ( ) 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 ( ).
  2. Click Switch site ( ).
  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 ( ).
  2. Click Switch site ( ).
  3. Click Edit site ID ( ) 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 ( ).
  2. In the Publish changes dialog, click Change site options ( ).

# 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 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 Custom domains
Disallow search engine indexing Toggle Prevent respectful search engines from crawling your site by adding a robots.txt file.

# 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 Stacked tabs on your site.

# Components

Option Type Description
Show navigation Toggle Enable or disable the File explorer view on your publish site.
Customize navigation Button 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 Table of contents view on your site.
Show backlinks Toggle Enable or disable Backlinks on your site.

# Other site settings

Option Type Description
Passwords Button 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.