Deploy a static site

A static site is just files: HTML pages, CSS, JavaScript and images. Smile Hosting serves them for you, so there’s nothing to install and no app to keep running.

Put it live

1. Create a website with the Static framework.
2. Open the Source tab and upload your files. Your home page must be called index.html.
3. Press Deploy. Your site is live at its address straight away.

Changed or added files? Press Redeploy to put the new version live.

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A new static site starts with a simple starter page. Replace its index.html with your own, or delete the starter files before you upload yours.

How your files become pages

• Links don’t need .html on the end - /about finds about.html.
• Add a 404.html and it’s shown whenever someone visits a page that doesn’t exist.
• Files and folders starting with a dot, such as .env or .git, are never served, and neither are node_modules or Python venv folders. Even so, don’t upload passwords or tokens to a website.

Made with a tool like Vite or React?

Build the site on your computer first - usually with npm run build - and upload what it produces, which is normally a dist or build folder.

If your index.html ends up inside a folder rather than at the top:

1. Go to Settings and find Build & Output Settings.
2. Set Output Directory to that folder, for example dist.
3. Click Save, then Redeploy.

Links and pictures not working?

Use paths from your site’s root, like /images/logo.png, or relative to the page, like images/logo.png. Paths from your own computer, such as C:\Users\...\logo.png, only work on your computer.

Filenames are matched exactly, so Logo.PNG and logo.png are different files. Keep them lowercase to be safe.