# Your school website

> HTT Schools training, step 25 of 49. For: School administrators.
> Source: https://understand.htt.llc/learn/schools/your-school-website · Updated 2026-10-15

Your own address, your own look — no web designer. You will see how to build your school’s own public website, at its own address, without a web designer.

> **Note:** Sign in to HTT Schools as an administrator of your school to follow these steps.

## Step by step

### 1. Website

Choose Website from the menu. Your site lives at your school’s own address, and the switch at the top shows whether it is live or still a draft.

![HTT Schools: website — the screen at this step](https://storage.htt.llc/f/HQQ1A5MNPMYNTN2RC8N0ZKYZPQ2KDYTB)
*Step 1: Website*

### 2. Sections

Under Content, your page is a list of sections — the welcome, about the school, why choose us, admissions, events, news, contact and more. Turn sections on or off, and move them up or down.

![HTT Schools: sections — the screen at this step](https://storage.htt.llc/f/7Q90RM8PVGY3JQ7N4ZP5RASQV9VSCRNS)
*Step 2: Sections*

### 3. Example text

Open a section to write your own words. A section still marked Example text shows sample wording — replace it before you publish, so the site only says what is true of your school.

![HTT Schools: example text — the screen at this step](https://storage.htt.llc/f/C6BBYYT9HPZW32ZNNJ7B40YNHGNW62KN)
*Step 3: Example text*

### 4. Look and feel

Look and feel is where you choose a template, your school’s colours, the fonts for headings and text, the corners, and your logo.

### 5. Details

Details holds the name and description that appear in a browser tab and on Google, the picture shown when the site is shared, and an optional announcement bar across the top — admissions open, for example.

![HTT Schools: details — the screen at this step](https://storage.htt.llc/f/YJJM42HCWBHJ32RJTBFBSGPTNZGPWQQ3)
*Step 5: Details*

### 6. Preview and open

Show preview to see the page as visitors will, beside the editor; on a phone, Preview swaps between the two. Open takes you to the live site.

![HTT Schools: preview and open — the screen at this step](https://storage.htt.llc/f/RCZ5XKNCE64EX1BEBCARE3SZTYNED6GY)
*Step 6: Preview and open*

### 7. Publishing

When it reads right, switch Publish website on. Until then, visitors see a holding page. If example text is still there, you are asked before it goes live.

![HTT Schools: publishing — the screen at this step](https://storage.htt.llc/f/0SH4K4JBZSW0EW28QAJ9KQ4V0E0P7X93)
*Step 7: Publishing*

> **Tip:** On a phone the steps are the same — the video shows them again on a phone, from its second chapter.

## Questions people ask

### Who is the “Your school website” training for?

School administrators. It is one step of the HTT Schools course, which is laid out in the order we recommend learning it.

### Do I need to sign in to HTT Schools for this?

Sign in to HTT Schools as an administrator of your school to follow these steps.

### Can I do this on a phone?

Yes. The steps are the same on a phone, and the video shows every step on a computer and then again on a phone.

### How long does this training take?

The video is about 5 minutes long. Reading the article takes less.