Create a site

A project is a single website you manage in the dashboard at dash.nuasite.com. This guide walks you through creating one, from entering your website address to getting your new site ready to publish.

Start a new project

You can begin a project in two places:

1. From the Projects page. Open the dashboard and click the New Project button in the top right of the toolbar. A dialog opens with the new-project form.
2. From an invitation link. If you arrived from a "Let's upgrade your website" page, your website address is already filled in. Tick the box to confirm you have authorization to use the content and agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy, then sign up to continue.

Note: The very first time you sign in with no projects yet, the dashboard skips the dialog and shows the Create Your First Project form straight away.

Choose what kind of project to create

The new-project form has two tabs:

Tab	What it does
Redesign website	Scans your existing site and uses AI to build a fresh, modern version you can customize.
Analytics only	Adds visitor and performance tracking to your current website without redesigning it.

1. Pick the tab you want.
2. In the Website URL field (called Domain on the Analytics tab), type your address, for example www.your-website.com.
3. Click Start Redesign (or Create Project on the Analytics tab).

While the project is being created the button shows Starting…. If something is wrong with the address, an error message appears above the field.

Tip: An Analytics only project takes you straight to its overview. A Redesign project moves on to the setup screen described next.

Watch your project set up

After you start a redesign, the Setting up your project screen appears with a progress bar and a short checklist:

• Starting sandbox – provisioning a secure environment for your site.
• Creating session – initializing your workspace.
• Starting dev server – launching the development preview.

This usually takes less than a minute, and the page updates on its own as each step completes. When everything is ready you are taken into your project automatically.

If setup fails

If a step cannot finish, the screen changes to Setup failed and shows a short technical reason. Click Retry setup to try again. If it keeps failing, reach out through Support in the project sidebar.

Unlock your project

While you are still building a redesign, the project may be locked — you can preview the homepage and code snippets, but full code access and GitHub integration stay closed until the project is unlocked.

Once payment goes through, the Payment Successful! screen confirms your project has been unlocked and is ready to use. From there you can:

• View Code – open your project files in the in-browser editor.
• Project Overview – go to the project overview.

The "next steps" checklist

When your project is finalized you land on a "<your project> is ready!" page with a set of cards for what to do next:

Card	What it does
Download Code	Get a ZIP archive of your project's source code with Download ZIP.
Connect GitHub	Push your code to your own GitHub repository (see below). Once connected, the card shows the linked repository and an Open Repository button.
Host with Us	Ask the team to handle deployment and hosting. Click Request Hosting; the card then confirms your request was received.
Open File Editor	Browse and edit your project files in the browser with Open Files.

Note: Download Code and Open File Editor need an active session, so they may be unavailable if your session has expired.

Connect a GitHub repository

Connecting GitHub lets you keep your own copy of the code and turns on automatic deploys when you push changes.

1. From the Connect GitHub card (or the GitHub item in the project sidebar), open the Connect to GitHub screen.
2. If you have not signed in with GitHub yet, click Connect GitHub and authorize access.
3. Under Organization, choose the GitHub account or organization that will own the new repository. If none are listed, click Install GitHub App to add one, then return to this screen. You can add more with Add another organization.
4. In Repository name, type a name for the new repository (for example my-website). A brand-new repository is created with this name.
5. Click Connect repository.

Warning: If your project is already linked to a repository, this screen is titled Move repository and shows an amber notice. Connecting a new one means the current repository will no longer be connected.

What the connection status page means

After you submit, the Connecting to GitHub page tracks progress through three steps:

1. Creating repository – setting up the new GitHub repository.
2. Pushing code – transferring your project files to GitHub.
3. Connecting project – linking the repository to your project.

When it finishes you see Repository connected with a Back to project button. If it stops with Connection failed, a short reason is shown — use Back to project and try again from the GitHub screen.

Unlinking a repository

If you later disconnect an external repository (from the project settings), the Unlinking repository page tracks the reverse process:

1. Cloning repository – fetching the latest code from your external repository.
2. Syncing to managed repository – pushing that code to the project's managed repository.
3. Updating project settings – switching back to the managed repository.

When it completes you see Repository unlinked; Back to project returns you to the overview. After unlinking, automatic deploys triggered by pushes to the external repository stop.

Where to go next

• Learn your way around the project overview.
• Review everything you can change in project settings.