Getting Started
Welcome to Beamly!
Beamly allows you to create, grow and monetize your content. The platform makes it really easy to create, customize, and manage your websites and sell paid products and membership plans.
Having prior experience with websites or coding experience is not necessary!
Getting Started: Checklist
Creating a project/website
Once you've signed up for Beamly, you can follow the quick setup wizard to get started faster. There you'll be able to set up your website, design/branding, and import your initial content.
Read more about creating websites here - Creating your first website
Create or Connect Your Podcast or YouTube feeds
With Beamly you can connect and sync an existing podcast or YouTube data directly to your site. If needed, you can also create new podcasts or video channels from scratch.
When you connect existing feeds, it automatically pulls in your content and generates a few pages and sections. For instance, you will have a separate page with separate URLs for each episode or video.
Basically, we import your content during the initial sync, and then keep it in sync automatically as you release new content.
Read more about importing your podcast and YouTube content.
Add a Custom Domain
Publishing content on your own domain is super important for building your brand and a stable audience/following. To connect a domain to Beamly, and if you don't have a domain already - you should first purchase your domain from a domain registrar (like Namecheap, Google Domains, etc.).
Every Beamly plan includes the ability to connect your custom domain. (you cannot connect domains while on the free trial - upgrade your plan before connecting your domain)
Read more here on how to Connect your domain.
Demo Data
There are a few placeholders and demo data included with your new site to show you all that Beamly has to offer. You may want to adjust these before publishing your site. Here's a brief overview of each -
Demo Pages
In order to get you off the ground faster, we automatically add a few pages to your site when you create it. It's easy to modify or delete those pages and start over from scratch. In addition, we include navigation links to every demo page.
You can delete or adjust the content in the "Pages" screen. If you delete (or update) a page that also "exists" as a navigation link, it will be deleted (or updated).
Logo, branding & navigation
To modify your logo, go into the "Customize -> Branding" screen and upload a new logo image. There you'll also find a bunch of settings to customize your site, like primary colors, fonts and more.
To add items to the navigation/menu, simply click on "Customize -> Header & Footer -> Navigation Links" to do so.
Any URL can be added to the navigation. This can include internal links (to your site's pages, blog, blog posts, or episodes), external links (to other websites), and custom redirects.
Read more about the navigation here: Adding items to the navigation bar.
Footer Widgets
A few sample widgets are included in the demo footer. You can edit or remove those or hide the footer if you prefer. You can also change the number of columns and widgets. Each widget can contain text, images, links, tables, and media. Read more here - Editing your footer
Integrations
Easily add any of the integrations we offer: X/Twitter, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Instagram and more. Read more about our Integrations.
That's it! You've made it through the initial checklist. Feel free to browse around, find other docs and articles, or contact us if you need any additional help.