---
title: "Create your site from a starter"
url: "https://mycommunitysync.com/create-your-site-from-a-starter"
community: "CommunitySync"
description: "Make your own copy of one of your community's starter templates. It arrives complete and personalised, ready to edit."
updated: "2026-08-13T11:28:38.772+00:00"
---

# Create your site from a starter

*My Website*

You build your site by copying a **starter template** your community has prepared.
There's no blank-page option — and you won't want one, because a starter arrives as a
complete, designed site you only have to reword.

**Before you start:** [claim your web address](claim-your-web-address). Until you do,
the **New site** button is disabled and the page reads *"Claim your public address
above before creating a site."*

## Create it

![The starter template picker](https://iaktsmonietvbikzietg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/site-assets/kb/mw-starter-picker.png "Pick a starter, name your copy, and click Create.")

1. Go to **My Website**.
2. Click **+ New site**.
3. Pick a starter. Each card shows its name, a short "who this is for" note, and a
   **Live demo** link so you can look before choosing.
4. Give your copy a name. This is just your own label for it — visitors never see it,
   so "Main site" or "Autumn version" is fine.
5. Click **Create**.

Your copy appears in the **My sites** list as a **Draft**.

## What you get in the copy

Every page, section, image and setting from the starter — as your own independent
copy. Editing it never touches the starter, and the community changing the starter
later never touches your site.

Your own details are filled in automatically where the starter left space for them:
your name, your title and your company appear in the header, the footer and the
copyright line. Check them anyway — if your profile is incomplete, those spots will
read oddly. You can fix your details in **Account Settings**, but a site already
created keeps whatever was there at the time, so edit the site directly.

## Three sites, and why the third one matters

You can have **three sites at once** — the counter next to **My sites** shows where
you are, like **(1/3)**. Only one is ever public.

Three is a firm limit, and **you can't delete a site yourself**. Once you're at 3/3,
the **New site** button simply disappears and there's no way to free a slot without
asking your community admin. So treat the third one as deliberate rather than as a
scratch copy — if you want to try something, [edit a draft you already
have](manage-your-three-sites) instead of cloning another.

## If there are no starters

If your community hasn't prepared any starters, there's nothing to copy and the **New
site** button won't appear at all. The page will say your community hasn't published
any starter templates yet. This isn't something you can work around — ask your
community admin to set one up.

## Next

Your new site is a draft and isn't public yet. Next: [edit it](edit-your-site), then
[publish it](publish-your-site).

### My Website

- [Your site and your community's brand](https://mycommunitysync.com/your-site-and-your-brand.md)
- [Your personal website — what it is and how it works](https://mycommunitysync.com/my-website-overview.md)
- [Claim your web address](https://mycommunitysync.com/claim-your-web-address.md)
- [Edit your site](https://mycommunitysync.com/edit-your-site.md)
- [Publish your site (and the two different Publish buttons)](https://mycommunitysync.com/publish-your-site.md)
- [Manage your three sites](https://mycommunitysync.com/manage-your-three-sites.md)
- [Show your listings on your site](https://mycommunitysync.com/show-your-listings.md)
- [Where enquiries from your site go](https://mycommunitysync.com/where-your-leads-go.md)
- [Why isn't my site showing?](https://mycommunitysync.com/my-website-troubleshooting.md)