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title: "Creating a standalone splash site"
canonical_url: https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/95420db8-7963-11e8-8993-fe7e64e25404
short_url: https://dpg.support/ajec
category: "Websites > Guides"
locale: en
updated_at: 2021-06-03T01:08:20Z
source: Digital Photo Gallery Support
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# Creating a standalone splash site

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In this guide we will be creating a standalone splash site. 

Using the **[Versatile Splash](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/category/b25202d4-99be-11e8-bd4c-3225061e24b0)** template, we'll create a page to act as a hub, using images to link to other pages or websites. 

### Contents:

* [Create the site](#create-the-site)
* [Fill in page information](#fill-in-page-information)
* [Add content](#add-content)
* [Add content information](#add-content-information)
* [Add links](#add-links)
* [Choose a theme](#choose-a-theme)
* [Customise further](#customise-further)
* [Add website icons](#add-website-icons)
* [Create a public host](#create-a-public-host)

### Create the site
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Visit the [websites screen](https://admin.digitalphotogallery.com/account/websites), click on **New site** and the **Splash Pages** tab where you'll see the *Versatile Splash* template.

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Pick an initial theme for the template (this can be changed later), give your site a name and click **Create**.

### Fill in page information
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In the **Content** tab, fill in the **Page title** and **Homepage description**. 

Under the **Headline** tab you can fill in the text that will appear on your Splash page. This might be your name, your website name and tagline or any other text you want to display on this page. 

> 💡 **Tip:** You don't have to fill in the information in the Headline fields, but if you plan to add a logo, then you should fill in the **Headline Text**. This is used for older devices which may not be able to display the logo file.

### Add content
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When you created your website, DPG made a corresponding set called **Content**. You can find a quick link to this set on the website screen.

 Images or videos added to this set will show up on your splash page.}

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Add your chosen images, gifs or mp4 videos to the new site's **Content** set. Once added, you can see the site coming together by visiting the testing URL from the website screen. 

The Versatile Splash layout automatically adjusts to the number of images you add to the set. 
You can see an example of how the layout works [here](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/5be59e2e-9a68-11e8-a27f-3225061e24b0). Add or [remove](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/8ec157aa-ab37-11e2-afa4-b8f6b11825bb) images from the Content set until you're happy with the look of the image layout.

### Add content information
If you've checked your image on the testing URL, you'll see that your site is now starting to take shape. Once you're happy with your chosen images, you can add any text information to appear over them. 

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In the site's **Content** set, click on the first image and open the **Information** panel. Here you can add a **Title** and **Description** which will appear over the image. Add your text and click **Update**. Repeat this process with all images in the Content set. 

### Add links

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Remaining in the site's **Content** set, click on an image and navigate to the **Links** panel in the sidebar. Here you can enter the link for each section of the splash page. 

> 💡 **Tip:** Enter the full website address including https://.

![](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/8f339f12-9b38-11e8-8d98-ba969e967f96/1246_support.jpg?generated=20180808192801)

Once the links are added, you'll see that the sections link to your chosen destination.}

### Choose a theme
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The template comes with a number of pre-made themes for you to choose from. From the website screen click the **Edit Design** icon to enter the design section. Click **Save**. 

### Customise further

Once you've chosen a theme to start with, you can can make other changes to the look of your site.

![](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/4500c99c-9b47-11e8-b624-ba969e967f96/1249_support.jpg?generated=20180808211255)

Click through the other tabs under **Style** to change fonts, colours and other design settings.}

Go to the **Hosts** tab and click **Add Host**.

To find out more about hosts or setting up your own domain see [Host types](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/acf006a6-f69b-11e5-a5da-16474ff850f4).