# Create your Lilo Site > Set up and publish your one-page booking site, what it needs to go live, its heylilo.me address, and what clients see. **Applies to:** Lilo Booth Source: https://heylilo.co/help/lilo-sites/create-your-site A Lilo Site is a one-page website for your business, at an address like yourname.heylilo.me. It shows who you are and what you offer. Its booking buttons open your Lilo [booking page](https://heylilo.co/help/booking/online-booking-page), so anyone with your link can book. Only the account owner on a Lilo Booth plan can create one. You set it up on the web, in [**Settings** → **Website**](https://app.heylilo.co/dashboard/settings?tab=website). ## Before you start Your site can go live once you have: - **At least one bookable service.** A service counts when **Bookable online** is on for it in **Services**. - **A short bio.** A sentence or two about you. It's the first thing clients read. - **An available address.** Lilo checks it as you type. A photo, tagline and social links are optional. ## Review the site Lilo drafted for you Lilo drafts your site from what's already in your account. That includes your name, where you work, your hours and your services. It writes a bio and tagline, suggests an address and picks a theme. You review it all on one screen, instead of the five-step setup below. 1. Go to **Settings** → **Website** and select **Review and publish**, **Get started** or **Continue setting up**. You can also select **See my website** on your dashboard. 2. The first time, a short intro plays. Select **Skip** to go straight to **Meet your website**. 3. On **Meet your website**, open each section and change anything you like. Anything Lilo wrote or picked is marked **Suggested** until you edit it. - **Theme:** how your site looks. Lilo's pick is marked. - **Brand look:** ready-made colors and corners. A look saves as soon as you pick it. Your booking page uses it as well. You can fine-tune it later in **Settings** → **Company Branding**. - **About you:** an optional **Photo**, your **Short bio** and an optional **Tagline**. **Write it again** writes a fresh bio and tagline from your details. - **Web address:** your address. You'll see **Available** when it's free. 4. Select **Publish**. If it's grayed out, the note next to it says what's missing, like a bio under 20 characters or an address that isn't available. 5. On **You're live**, select **Copy** to copy your address. The cards below help you add it to your Instagram bio, an Instagram story and your Google Business Profile. When you're done, select **Continue to website settings**. The phone preview updates as you edit. Lilo keeps your changes if you leave. Nothing is public until you select **Publish**. No bookable service yet? **Publish** helps you add one first (see below). If you select **Write it again** many times in a short time, Lilo asks you to try again a little later. The draft screen has no place for social links. Add them after you publish, from **Edit site** → **Edit profile & bio**. ## Set up your site step by step Go to **Settings** → **Website** and select **Get started**, or **Continue setting up** if you've started before. If you see **Step 1 of 5**, follow these steps: 1. **Tell clients about you.** Write your **Short bio**. If you like, add a **Profile photo**, a **Tagline** and links to your Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or website. Select **Continue**. 2. **Make it feel like you.** Choose your colors, font, corner shapes and button style, and upload a logo if you have one. These save to your [brand](https://heylilo.co/help/settings/branding). Your booking page uses them as well. Your site uses only your colors, corner shapes and text size. Select **Continue**. 3. **Choose a theme.** Pick **Editorial**, **Minimal**, **Bold**, **Barber** or **Icelantic**. Each one arranges your content differently and keeps your colors. Select **Preview site** to see the whole site with your real bio and services, then select **Continue**. 4. **Pick your address.** Type the address you want under **Choose your subdomain**. Lilo shows whether it's available, plus a summary of what you're about to publish. Select **Publish site**. 5. **You're live.** Your site is public. Select **Copy link** to share it or **Open site** to see it. When you're done, select **Go to analytics**. Your profile and branding save each time you select **Continue**. Your theme and address only save when you publish. If you leave before then, you'll choose them again when you come back. ## If you don't have a bookable service yet If you start setting up without one, Lilo opens **Add a service to publish your site**: - The first button adds starter services for your kind of business. You can edit their prices. Nothing is added until you save. The button is named after a service category, or says **Add from starter menu**. - **Add one manually** takes you to **Services**. - **Keep building without services** lets you keep setting up. You can't publish until at least one service is bookable online. Already have your menu on another booking site? Select **Paste my booking link**, paste the page where clients book you today, and select **Send it to Lilo**. Someone at Lilo copies your services, prices and durations into your account for you. ## Choose your address Your address is the name before .heylilo.me. It's free with Lilo. - Use 3 to 30 lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. It can't start or end with a hyphen, or have two hyphens in a row. - A few words are reserved for Lilo, like www, admin, help and book. - Each address belongs to one site. If the one you want is taken, try a variation. After you publish, you can change your address once every 90 days, from **Edit site** → **Change subdomain**. For 30 days, your old address sends visitors to the new one. See [Edit your Lilo Site](https://heylilo.co/help/lilo-sites/edit-your-site). Have your own domain, like yourbusiness.com? You can connect it after you publish, from **Edit site** → **Custom domain**. Your heylilo.me address also keeps working. See [Use your own domain](https://heylilo.co/help/lilo-sites/custom-domain). ## What clients see Your site is a single page with: - Your name at the top, your photo if you added one, and your bio. It shows your first and last name. To show your business name instead, go to **Edit site** → **General settings** after you publish. - Your bookable services, with durations and prices rounded to the dollar. Only the Icelantic theme groups them under category headings. Long menus show the first few services and a button to see the rest. - Your social links. Every theme except Minimal also has a line saying walk-ins are welcome, or that you work by appointment. - Your tagline, at the top of the Editorial and Icelantic themes. It also shows in the link preview when you share your site. Your gallery, testimonials and contact details are off at first. Turn them on after you publish, from **Edit site** → **Manage gallery**, **Manage testimonials** or **Manage contact info**. [Edit your Lilo Site](https://heylilo.co/help/lilo-sites/edit-your-site) has the steps. Each service's button opens your booking page with that service already picked. The main booking button opens the same page from the start. Clients book just like they do from your booking link. ## How it works - **It uses what's already in Lilo.** Your services come from **Services**. Your look comes from **Settings** → **Company Branding**. Your booking page and client portal use it as well. The site uses only your brand colors, corner shapes and text size. Each theme keeps its own fonts and background, and the site doesn't show your logo. - **It's live right away.** Your site is public at your address as soon as you publish. - **After you publish,** **Settings** → **Website** shows your address, **View site** and **Edit site**. It also shows your page views and service clicks. - **Service changes can take up to an hour.** After you add or edit a service, it can take up to an hour to show on your site. - **Previews use sample content.** The small theme previews, the website card on your dashboard and the sample site on the **Website** tab's first screen show a sample bio, services, photos and reviews. The full preview and your live site show only your own details. - **If your paid Lilo Booth subscription ends,** your site is paused. Visitors see a short note that you're no longer taking bookings through Lilo, plus your social links. Subscribe again within 30 days and it comes back at the same address. After that, it's removed for good. ## Common questions ### Why can't I publish my site? You need at least one service with **Bookable online** on, a bio, and an available address. Lilo shows you what's missing before you publish. ### Why does a preview show services I don't offer? The small theme previews, the website card on your dashboard and the sample site on the **Website** tab's first screen use sample services. Your live site shows only your own services. If it lists ones you don't offer, they're in **Services**. They're often added from the starter menu. Remove them there. It can take up to an hour for them to disappear from your site. ### Why does my site say walk-ins are welcome? That line comes from a walk-in setting you can't change in Lilo yet. If it's wrong for your business, use **Contact support** in your account menu. ### Why do clients see that I'm not accepting bookings? Your site's booking buttons open your Lilo booking page. If **Online Scheduling** is off in **Settings** → **Booking Page**, that page tells clients you're not accepting bookings. Turn it back on. Bookings also stop while your trial or subscription has lapsed. ### Can I take my site down after publishing? Not on your own yet. **Unpublish site** in the **Edit site** menu isn't available yet. To take your site down, use **Contact support** in your account menu. ### Can I set up my site in the Lilo app? No, you build and publish it on the web. In the Lilo app, tap the website card, then tap the button to email yourself a link. Open it on a computer to finish.