Connecting a domain to a project
Once a domain is added and active, connecting it to a project takes seconds. One domain can serve several projects — each on its own subdomain.
Connecting
Section titled “Connecting”In your project: Settings → Domains.
- Click Add custom.
- Pick the domain from the dropdown (it lists your active domains).
- Subdomain — leave empty to use the bare domain (
mysite.com), or type one (app→app.mysite.com). - Click Connect.
That’s it — no re-publish needed. Genesis copies your published site to the new address and it goes live immediately, HTTPS included.
What changes after connecting
Section titled “What changes after connecting”- The Open site button, your project’s published URL, and your SEO plumbing (sitemap, canonical URLs, social-share tags) all switch to the custom domain.
- Your original
…genesis.estage.comaddress keeps working — same site, both addresses. Share the custom one.
Several projects, one domain
Section titled “Several projects, one domain”Each subdomain is its own mapping, so one domain can host your whole ecosystem:
| Address | Project |
|---|---|
mysite.com | Main site |
blog.mysite.com | A separate blog project |
app.mysite.com | Your web app |
A subdomain can only be mapped to one project at a time — connecting an occupied one shows “already mapped”; disconnect it from the other project first.
A module of one project can also
take its own subdomain — app.mysite.com, store.mysite.com — each with its own home page, with
the AI scoping its edits to the module it’s working in.
Primary domain
Section titled “Primary domain”If a project has several addresses, one is marked Primary — that’s what the Open site
button and the published URL show. The bare domain wins over www automatically; you can
change the primary in the Domains tab.
Disconnecting
Section titled “Disconnecting”Click ✕ next to the mapping in Settings → Domains. The custom address stops serving the site (the Genesis address keeps working as a fallback). The domain stays in your workspace, ready to reconnect anywhere.
Updates after connecting
Section titled “Updates after connecting”Nothing changes in your workflow: edit, then Publish — the new version goes live on the custom domain and the Genesis address simultaneously.