Happy Hump Day! In todayâs digest, Iâm covering Notionâs latest launch which lets users create a site from their documents in just a few clicks. But firstâŚ
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Ever since Notion appeared on the scene back in 2016, people have been using it for all sorts: from organizing their day to building internal documentation, creating and selling templates, and even creating entire sites.
That last one has become a popular niche among the Notion community since the company allowed pages to be made public. A handful of products have been built around the concept, and now Notion is joining the party by launching Notion Sites.Â
As the name suggests, Notion Sites is the companyâs solution for those who want to build and host a site using their Notion documents. It is essentially an expansion of the existing publishing feature but with a number of bells and whistles tacked on.Â
When you publish your Notion document as a site, youâll now be able to do several things to make it truly yours, like adding a custom favicon, configuring it with your domain, and adding a navigation bar with links and breadcrumbs. Alongside those features, your new site also has analytics and basic SEO features like meta titles and descriptions.Â
One thing the team stayed away from for now is adding too many customization options. Itâs not a site-builder like Webflow or Framer, and at the moment, itâs not meant to be. You can theme your site to light or dark mode or respond to system settings, but thatâs about as far as it goes. Thereâs no animation engine, custom CSS, hamburger icons, etc. Over time, the team plans to add more functionality, according to product lead Matt Piccolella.
If you want to take Notion Sites for a test drive, it's available now across the platform. Log in to your profile, swipe through the onboarding, and create a document to turn into a site.
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