Create Site

Sites and stories go hand in hand. Think of it this way: once you've published a story or press release, these publications now have a place to live, where visitors can have access to and read them anytime – and that home is a site.

You can set your site name, branding, theme, language, media, and more, all easily accessible from your Sites dashboard.

Whenever you're ready to start setting up your own site, feel free to use the video below as a quick guide:

Inspiration

Prezly sites are the homepage for your company news, a campaign website or a product launches. They can be customised for different purposes and use-cases.

Want some inspiration?

→ Showcase of Prezly Sites

→ Different ways to use your Prezly sites

Change site name

You can rename your site by updating the company information in your site settings. To customize the company information, access your site settings page by clicking on:

Sites> Select the Site> Site info & Languages> "pick a language">

Site domain/URL

By default, your sites are on the prezly.com domain (e.g., yourbrand.prezly.com). You can easily replace this with a custom link on a domain that you own (e.g., sitename.yourbrand.com).

Having your site on your own domain looks more professional and passes on SEO value to your website. To set up your custom domain, you just need a little help from your IT partner.

Setting up a custom domain

See how to use your own domain for your Prezly site, e.g. sitename.yourbrand.com.

Step 1: Add domain

Go to the Domain settings page via your site's dashboard. On the Domain page, select "Add custom domain".

Finally, type in your desired URL and hit "Add custom domain" one last time.

Prezly will check if you have the proper domain settings and add them only if they are correct. Please take note of the unique CNAME value generated for your site. You will need it later!

The "Send instructions to IT" button generates a temporary page and/or allows you to send an email with all the necessary info for your IT team or service provider to take care of the domain set up on your end.

Step 2: Creating a CNAME

Create a CNAME record (DNS setup) in your domain settings and point it to the URL you obtained during the custom domain setup on Prezly.

Don't worry if you don't understand what this means. Simply forward this article to your IT team, and they can help you out.

Refer to Cloudflare's own documentation for further explanation if necessary.

Changing your site (sub)domain

How to update your site's URL depends on who owns your domain:

Using a prezly.com domain

Assigned .prezly.com domains can not be changed. Just send us a message and we'll be happy to update your URL for you if it's available.

Using a custom domain

If you're using your own domain you can change the URL yourself.

First, you'll need to remove the current custom domain and then simply follow the same instructions you used when initially setting up your site. You can find them here.

Company information

In this section we'll explain how to add a boilerplate, contact info, and social links to your site.

Set up the content that appears in your site footer, such as social networks, phone numbers, address, websites and a boilerplate on your Site info & languages page. All these settings are customisable per language.

Adding company information to your site

From within this setting, you have the opportunity to add more details to the following fields like company name, email, website, phone number, address and social network links (X, FB, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Youtube, Instagram and TikTok)

Boilerplate

This place can be used to share your company bio or any other relevant information you might need.

All of the fields are optional except for Name. We recommend providing more information about your company and encouraging readers to also follow your social media platforms to keep up with what's new with your company or brand.

Site branding settings

Go to your site settings and choose "branding" from the sidebar on the left to edit the logos and colours that appear in your site.

Site main logo

This is the image that will be displayed in the header in your site:

Square logo

Logo best practices

💡 Pro tip: If you require help with your logos, reach out to your graphic designer or get in touch with us and we can make adjustments for you.

Story style in campaigns and pitches

Use these settings to choose how your stories display in campaigns and pitches

(Multi) Languages

Prezly allows you to publish stories in multiple languages, making localization that little bit simpler. Translations of the same story are linked together, so that visitors to your newsroom are able to toggle the language of the story they're reading using the language picker dropdown at the top of your site.

This is useful for organizations that need to work across different markets. Having different language versions along with a specific locale is a powerful way to make sure you can work together across a global organization with the same site.

Add a language to your site

To add multiple languages to your site:

Once you have multiple languages enabled for your site and those languages have stories published publicly, you will see a language switcher in the header of your site.

Set up site information for each language
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​You can set up specific site information, such as boilerplate and contact details, for each language you have enabled.

To do this, simply click on the language in your Site info & languages settings. This will open an aside where you can update the site name, contact details, social link and boilerplate text.

Change the default language

Your site's default language is the first and main language your visitors will see when they visit your site URL. This is set to English as standard, but you can easily change your site's default language in your settings.

To set another language as the default, hover over the language, click on the ••• button that appears at the right of the screen, and click Set as default.

Share your site in a specific language

Each site translation comes with its very own URL slug, called a shortcode. These shortcodes allow you to share your site in the language you want.

Here is an example of how the shortcode for Spanish, "/es", looks in a site URL:

So to share the Spanish version of this newsroom with someone, you would use the link:

For the full list of supported languages and their short codes, see this help article. When you select a language from the switch, you will see the correct shortcode for that language appear in the URL bar.

Site contacts

Site contacts allow you to integrate your team's contact information in your stories, campaigns, and pitches through the use of a contact card. Site contacts are a way of adding a contact point for you or your team directly in your Prezly content.

Adding a site contact

To add a contact to your site, go to your Site dashboard, then click Site contacts. Next, click on the Create site contact button and input the relevant information.

If you run a multilingual site, you can specify the contact's language. Additionally, you can determine whether the contact information should be visible on your site's homepage in the form of cards.

Once all the details have been filled in, click Save contact. Your contact will then be added to your site contact list.

Using site contacts in Stories, Campaigns, and Pitches

The site contacts you've created can be used in stories, campaigns, and pitches to provide extra information or a point of contact. To do this, click the [+] button in your editor and select the Site contact block.

This action will insert a block into your editor from which you can search and select the contact you want to include. You can add multiple contacts to a single story, campaign, or pitch.

Site contacts as email signatures

Site contact cards have an option do be displayed as a card or a signature. The card layout option includes a bordered card with the contact information, whereas the signature layout option presents a simplified version of the contact (smaller and borderless).

Each layout serves a distinct purpose. Cards are better suited for integrating into the content, while signatures are best placed at the end of your content. For example, the signature layout is an excellent choice for adding an email signature to your campaigns and pitches.