After you create a site, you can use the site's workspace to edit and manage information, configure a catalog, add pages and content, set sharing levels, and more. Use the site's Customize menu to define a theme, header, and footer; design the layout; set up menu links; and more. Learn how to create, manage, and edit pages.
Open a site or page in edit mode
To get started, open the site or page in edit mode. You can open a site or page from a browser, ArcGIS Hub, or ArcGIS Online. You must belong to the site's (or page's) edit group, have administrative privileges, or be the original owner of the site or page.
- To open a site or page in edit mode, use one of the following options:
- Browser: Open the site or page in a browser window and select Sign in on the global navigation bar.
Note:
Global navigation must be enabled.
- ArcGIS Hub: Go to hub.arcgis.com and select Sign in (if global navigation is turned off).
- ArcGIS Online: Sign in to ArcGIS Online. Under Content, find the site item (Hub Site Application) or page item (Hub Page). Select the item to open its item details page and select Configure.
- Browser: Open the site or page in a browser window and select Sign in on the global navigation bar.
From a live view: To open the Customize menu, select Edit 
. To open the workspace, select Manage 
.
From the Customize menu, select Manage to open the workspace. From the workspace, select Edit layout to open the Customize menu.
From your user workspace (Content pane): To open the Customize menu, select the site or page name from the list of content and select Edit . To open the workspace, select the Manage button.
Save your edits
Save your changes regularly. In the site workspace, save any changes made on each pane before browsing to a different pane. In the site layout editor, save any changes made to the layout and changes made in each settings section.
Note:
If shared update (edit) group members are editing the site concurrently or the site is open in multiple tabs, the edits made by the last person to save and close the site are applied. Open tabs do not automatically refresh to show new changes, so it’s recommended that one person at a time edits a site.
Manage a site
Administrators, site owners, and site editors can edit and manage a site in the workspace. In the workspace, select the Save button to save changes made on each pane before browsing to a different pane.
To manage a site, complete the following steps:
- Sign in to ArcGIS Hub.
- In your user workspace, select the Content pane.
If needed, select your user profile and select View workspace to open your user workspace.
- Select the Manage button next to the site to open the site workspace.
Alternatively, from the live view of a site, select the Manage site
button. - In the Dashboard pane, you can access summary metrics for the site. Learn more about monitoring summary metrics.
- Select the Details pane and add or edit the following information to appear in the site view (except discoverability information).
- Title—Title changes are not applied to the site URL. Refer to Brand a site with header and theme options to add the site's title to its header.
- Summary— Included in the HTML metadata collected by search engines. For more information, refer to How do sites and pages appear as search results when using Google?
- Thumbnail—This image is visible when a site is posted to social media.
- Select Add additional details to add a Description—A snippet is visible when a site is posted to social media.
- Select Increase discoverability to add Tags and Categories.
- Location—Select a location setting for the site and draw one or more features if needed.
You can also edit some of these details in ArcGIS Online.
- Select Catalog and select the Content pane or the Events pane to configure a catalog of content or events.
- In the
Followers pane, site editors in ArcGIS Hub Premium organizations can view and add site followers
(on the Followers tab). Select Add members, choose members, and select Add. Site editors can add a follow button and on the Settings tab, configure who can see the follow button and
participate in discussions.
If the site does not have a followers group, select Create followers group, provide a title and summary, select Next, configure who can be in the group and who can contribute content, and select Create.
- Optionally, in the Discussions pane, show or hide the discussions interface on live sites (enabled by default).
- Select Settings and select the General pane to configure the site URL and a privacy notice, as well as prevent accidental deletion of the site.
Site owners and organization administrators can delete the site. The site item will be permanently deleted from ArcGIS Online and any groups to which it was shared.
Tip:
The URL for the site is an important setting to configure early. To configure the URL with a custom domain, or to rename the site, consider configuring the site URL now.
- Select Settings and select the Feed pane to federate data and manage feeds.
- Select Settings and select the Sharing pane to set the Sharing level. Share the item with groups to allow members to view or edit the item. View group members are able to search and view the item, if it is not shared to the public. Edit group members are able to edit the site layout and workspace information.
Learn more about using groups and access and sharing.
Customize a site
Open the Customize panel and customize the site using the side panel options.
Note:
To open the side panel, select the Customize toggle button 
.
Select the pages button 
to view pages linked to your site. The site layout editor includes tabs for Pages and Migration. The Pages tab shows all pages that are in the groups of your site's content catalog. Pages that appear in the catalog's groups are now part of your site. The Migration tab shows all pages that are linked to the site using the former method of adding pages to a site. Each page listed must be migrated.
Note:
Hub will support linked pages added in classic edit mode for approximately one year following the release of workspaces in general availability (June 2025).Use the Settings menu to configure site settings for elements such as tracking and consent, meta tags, and interactions such as global navigation.
Use the Header, Theme, and Footer menus to brand the site with header and theme options. You can use custom code in headers and footers to customize sites with HTML and CSS. Header menu configuration options include the following (no coding required):
- A logo
- Header background and text color
- Social icons to connect visitors with your social media platforms
- Menu links to pages and additional resources to create site navigation
You can also configure global navigation and menu links to customize the site. The header, footer, and global navigation bar remain consistent across the site and its pages to ensure that visitors can navigate back to the original page when following links to other pages.
From the Theme menu, you can specify colors for the header, global navigation bar, text, and background. Colors and fonts that you select are applied to the entire site layout and to any pages attached to the site. You can override theme colors for individual rows for more granular control of layout colors. Each row has settings that allow you to set text and background colors, as well as add an image as a background.
Learn more about adding text and images.
Note:
On smaller devices, such as mobile phones, the header collapses into a drop-down menu, and global navigation elements are available in a side panel so visitors can browse your content on any screen size.
Use the Layout menu to design the site layout. Select the back button next to Customize at the top of the panel to return to the root menu.
Design the site layout
Use layout cards to design the layout of the site. The layout cards allow you to add images, text, apps, media, and other components to the site. A site's default layout is designed to show you how to combine cards to create a cohesive narrative before you add any content. You can use this format and update colors and content, or remove all cards and start with a blank layout.
Row cards are the basis of the layout and are required anywhere you want to insert a card, such as a Text, Application, or Image card. Each row has settings that allow you to set text and background colors, or add an image as a background. This allows you to override theme colors for individual rows. In the Customize window, the Save button is in the upper corner. You can publish the site as a draft for others to review. For more information, refer to Publish a site or page.
To start editing your site's layout, follow these steps to add a row card:
Tip:
Ensure that the color contrast between row text color and background color meets or exceeds an accessibility ratio of 4.5:1 for regular text and 3:1 for large text or symbols. Use a website to check color contrast, such as WebAIM.
- Open a site in edit mode.
- Open the Customize panel and select Layout.
- Drag a Row card from the side panel onto the layout and position the row where you want it.
- To edit row settings, select the edit button
for the row. - Choose the Wide layout option to expand the row across the entire layout or the Box layout option to display content at a fixed width in the row.
The Box layout is the recommended setting for sites that are intended to be viewed primarily on mobile devices.
- To reposition a row, hover over the upper right corner of the row and use the position button
to move the row (and every card it contains) to a new place on the layout. - Select text and background colors using hexadecimal color codes or the color picker.
This applies to text that appears in the row and text displayed on any cards added to the row.
- Set a background image for a row by pasting a link to a hosted image file or by uploading an image.
Choose an image with a simple pattern or subject, especially if you plan to overlay text and other content.
- Drag a card, such as the Text card, from the side panel onto the new row and position the card where you want it.
To reposition a card in a row, hover over the upper right corner of the card and use the position button
to move the card. Use the arrows on either side of the card to resize it. - To edit a card, hover over it and select the edit pencil .
- To remove a card or row, select it's delete button
. - Select Save layout and publish your changes.