Getting started

What you get for free

Full builder — sections, layouts, styles
Publish to https://{slug}.nertia.ai — no card required
One free AI enhanced credit to try generations

Hosting on your own domain and ongoing AI enhanced are optional paid add-ons. See Account & billing.

1. Sign up

Go to nertia.ai/signup (or Start free on Pricing).
Sign in with Google or create an email + password account.
You land on the Dashboard (/) — your home for recent sites.

2. Create a site

Launch path (scratch):

Open Sites → New site, or go to /start.
Choose Start from scratch → Continue.
You open the editor at /dashboard/new (draft). Add your first section from the Outline or Add section if the canvas is empty.
Your slug (site address) is claimed on first save or publish — e.g. my-biz → my-biz.nertia.ai.

Alternative — import an existing site:

Sites → Import URL — paste a URL or HTML to spin up a new site. See Export & import.

3. Edit in the dashboard

Each site has a section menu (top of dashboard):

Tab	Purpose
Overview	Status, quick publish/unpublish, traffic snapshot
Editor	Canvas — sections, copy, skin swipe, publish bar
Inbox	Form submissions from lead/contact sections
Media	Site images and files
SEO	Title, description, social preview card
Domains	Free subdomain + custom domain setup
Social	Connected profiles, sync to footer/link stack
Analytics	Views and uniques over time
Settings	Directory listing, delete site

Deep dives: Editor, SEO & sharing.

4. Pick layout and style

Before or after adding content:

Layouts (/compositions) — browse compositions; apply or swap in the editor layout picker.
Styles (/styles) — pick or create a skin; swipe styles at the bottom of the editor canvas.

Formula: layout × style × content = site.

5. Publish

Open Editor for your site.
Edit copy — footer shows Saving… then Saved.
Open the Publish menu → Publish to staging (publishes to {slug}.nertia.ai).
Status shows Live. View live ↗ opens your public site.

Detail: Publish & preview.

Flow (first site)

/signup → /start (scratch) → /dashboard/new
                │
                ▼
         add sections + copy
                │
                ▼
         Publish → https://{slug}.nertia.ai

Next steps

Export a backup — portable .nertia.json
Connect your domain — $20/mo Hosting per site
Tune SEO — search and link previews

2. Create a site

Launch path (scratch):

Open Sites → New site, or go to /start.

Choose Start from scratch → Continue.

You open the editor at /dashboard/new (draft). Add your first section from the Outline or Add section if the canvas is empty.

Your slug (site address) is claimed on first save or publish — e.g. my-biz → my-biz.nertia.ai.

Alternative — import an existing site:

Sites → Import URL — paste a URL or HTML to spin up a new site. See Export & import.

3. Edit in the dashboard

Each site has a section menu (top of dashboard):

Tab	Purpose
Overview	Status, quick publish/unpublish, traffic snapshot
Editor	Canvas — sections, copy, skin swipe, publish bar
Inbox	Form submissions from lead/contact sections
Media	Site images and files
SEO	Title, description, social preview card
Domains	Free subdomain + custom domain setup
Social	Connected profiles, sync to footer/link stack
Analytics	Views and uniques over time
Settings	Directory listing, delete site

/signup → /start (scratch) → /dashboard/new │ ▼ add sections + copy │ ▼ Publish → https://{slug}.nertia.ai