Get started
New to Site Designer? Start here. Install the app, take the quick tour, and ship your first page.
The path from nothing to a published page
Six steps. The third one is a decision you cannot undo later, so it comes before you create anything.
- See what it is What Site Designer does and who it is for
- Install it Windows and macOS, plus activating your licence
- Choose a framework Fixed for the life of the project. Decide before you start one
- Build your first page A guided tutorial, start to published, in 5 to 10 minutes Start
- Learn the workspace The tour, then the interface reference
- Look up a term Plain-language definitions for everything in the interface
Install Site Designer
Download, install and license Site Designer on Windows and macOS, including what the perpetual licence covers.
Video Tutorials
Learn Site Designer step by step with guided video tutorials from CoffeeCup College.
Welcome to Site Designer
Get an overview of what Site Designer is, who it's for, and what you can build with it.
Choosing a Framework
New to Site Designer? Start frameworkless. Compare it with Foundation, Bootstrap, and Materialize to pick the right starting point.
Your first 10 minutes — quick tour
Ten minutes in the app: open a project, select, style, add an element and see it respond.
Workspace at a glance
An annotated overview of every panel and control in the Site Designer workspace.
Glossary of terms
Definitions for every key term used in Site Designer — from canvas and classes to breakpoints and S-Drive.