Publish Your Custom Website in 7 Steps on OhhWells

Before you start

Gather your raw materials — rough is fine:

• Business name + what you do → Step 1
• Brand colours/fonts, or a screenshot you love → Step 2
• A logo (optional) → Step 2
• A few good photos → Step 4
• Services and prices → Step 4
• The one action you want visitors to take (book, call, WhatsApp, buy) → Step 4 and Step 6

That last one matters most. A website without one clear action is a pretty brochure that converts nobody. A website without one clear action is a pretty brochure that converts nobody.

Step 1 — Describe your business, get a site

Uses: your business name + what you do

Sign up and tell OhhWells about your business — name, what you do, where you are. That's it.

OhhWells generates a complete starter site for your kind of business in seconds: the right pages, the right sections, in a sensible order. You never start from a blank page.

Don't judge this first version. It's a starting point built from placeholder-ish content — your photos, prices, and services come later in Step 4. Right now you're only generating the shape of the site.

Step 2 — Make it look like your brand

Uses: your colours/fonts or your reference screenshot, plus your logo, from the table above.

Two ways, pick one:

• You already have brand colours and fonts? Upload your logo and enter them directly. That's the whole step.
• You have a design you love but no brand values yet? Don't guess at hex codes — hand this off to the companion guide: screenshot the design, let Claude turn it into a brand sheet, then come back here and apply it.

Either way, before anything changes, OhhWells shows you the "Update brand" card — your colours (Primary, Background, Text, Accent) and fonts (Headings, Body) laid out for a final check. Eyeball the swatches, tap Update brand, and your entire site restyles at once. It's undoable, so experiment freely.

Step 3 — Try a few styles (they're free)

Your content can wear different outfits. Styles change the overall layout and feeling of your site — and swapping them costs nothing, so browse a few before settling.

You're looking for the style whose bones feel closest to what you want: airy vs dense, editorial vs bold. Starting close means less polishing later. Your content and brand travel with you between styles.

Step 4 — Replace the placeholder content

Uses: your photos, your services and prices, and your one clear action — from the table above.

Now swap the generated words and images for your real ones:

• Headline: say who you help and what they get — not just your business name
• Photos: the ones you gathered before you started — your real space, work, and face beat stock photos every time
• Services and prices: exactly what you offer, in your customer's words
• The one action: the button you decided on earlier — make it impossible to miss, and check the link actually works

Small text tweaks are free with the editing toolbar — click, type, done.

Step 5 — Polish with the AI prompt bar

For bigger changes, use the AI prompt bar and talk to it like a designer you've hired:

• "Rewrite my hero headline to focus on beginners feeling welcome"
• "Add a testimonials section after services — here are three quotes: ..."
• "More breathing room between sections; make the booking button bigger"

Credit-smart tips:

• AI prompts use credits, so batch your requests — one rich prompt ("do these 4 things...") beats four small ones
• Manual toolbar edits and publishing are always free — save credits for restyling and rewriting, use your hands for small tweaks
• Expect a few rounds. The first draft is never the finished thing — iterating is normal, not failure

Pro tip — reuse what already works. Created a page you like and want to reuse its structure (say, one service page that should become five)? Use the duplicate a page feature and continue from there — you keep the layout and styling, and only swap the words and photos. Zero credits, and every page stays consistent.

Step 6 — The pre-flight checklist

Two minutes of checking saves days of embarrassment:

• Mobile preview — most visitors see your site on a phone first. Headline readable? Button easy to tap? Nothing cut off?
• Every button and link goes somewhere — especially your booking link (the "one action" from Step 4)
• Contact details correct — phone, address, opening hours
• No leftover placeholder text — search for anything that isn't about your business
• One clear action per page — if a page asks visitors to do three things, they'll do none

Step 7 — Publish

Tap Publish. Your site goes from Draft to Live on your free OhhWells address — a real website you can share immediately.

Share the link with three people right away: a customer, a friend, and someone brutally honest. Their first reactions are worth more than another week of self-editing.

Want your own domain (e.g. yourstudio.com)? Connect a custom domain when you upgrade — your visitors see only your name, and everything you've built carries over.

After launch

• Edits anytime: open the editor, change what you need, publish again. Updates go live in minutes.
• Keep improving: after publishing, OhhWells shows you what's holding your site back from converting visitors — fix the highest-impact items first.
• Done is better than perfect. A live "good" site earns customers while you improve it. A perfect site in drafts earns nothing.
  

The one-page cheat sheet

• Step 1 — Describe your business → site generated.
  Where: Sign-up.
  Uses: business name + what you do.
• Step 2 — Apply your brand → check the confirmation card.
  Where: Editor.
  Uses: colours/fonts or reference screenshot, logo.
• Step 3 — Try free style swaps, keep the closest fit.
  Where: Editor.
• Step 4 — Real words, real photos, one clear action.
  Where: Editing toolbar (free).
  Uses: photos, services & prices, the one action.
• Step 5 — Batch bigger changes into rich prompts.
  Where: AI prompt bar.
• Step 6 — Mobile + links + contact details check.
  Where: Preview.
  Uses: the one action (verify it works).
• Step 7 — Publish → share with 3 people.
  Where: Publish button.

Golden rules: never judge the first generation · brand first, content second, polish last · style swaps are free — try before you tweak · batch your AI prompts · one action per page · check mobile · publish before it feels perfect.