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title: Creating a new website
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> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

> **Info:** This page is a part of a tutorial, which you should follow sequentially, from the beginning to the end. [Go to the first page: Getting started with Kentico](https://docs.kentico.com/k9tutorial/getting-started-with-kentico.md).

When you want to begin developing a website in Kentico, we recommend installing a blank new site. You could also use one of our sample sites, for example the Dancing Goat site, but then you should make sure to delete all the sample objects you will not need. See [Creating new sites from templates](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/configuring-kentico/managing-sites/installing-new-sites/creating-new-sites-from-templates.md) for instructions on how to install a sample site.

For the purpose of this tutorial, install a blank new site:

1. In the Kentico administration interface, open the **Sites** application.

   ![Opening the Sites application](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9tutorial/creating-a-new-website/open_sites_app.png "Opening the Sites application")
2. Click **New site wizard**.

   ![Starting the New site wizard](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9tutorial/creating-a-new-website/click_new_site_wizard.png "Starting the New site wizard")
3. Select **Create a new site using a** **wizard** and click **Next.**
4. Type the details for the new website:

   - **Site display name**: MEDIO clinic
   - **Domain name**: _do not change the value in this field_
   - **Site culture**: (default)

     ![Entering the basic properties of the new site](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9tutorial/creating-a-new-website/new_site_settings.png "Entering the basic properties of the new site")
5. Click **Next**.
6. In Step 3, do not change anything and click **Next**.
   - This step allows you to select the objects which the system imports to the new site.

     ![Object selection step of the new site wizard (step 3)](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9tutorial/creating-a-new-website/objects_selection.png "Object selection step of the new site wizard (step 3)")
7. If you encounter the following warning, click **Next.**
   - _Warning: Failed to start site 'MEDIO clinic', there is already a site running under this domain alias. You first need to stop the existing site and then start the new site manually._
   - Two sites cannot run under one domain simultaneously. For the purpose of this tutorial, we will stop the previously installed site (usually Dancing Goat site) after the installation is finished.

     ![Warning about multiple sites running on the same domain](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9tutorial/creating-a-new-website/warning-failed_to_start_site.png "Warning about multiple sites running on the same domain")
8. In Step 5, select **Blank master page**. 
   - This is the master page template for the website.
   - You can change it later at any time.

     ![Selecting the new site's master page template](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9tutorial/creating-a-new-website/select_master_page.png "Selecting the new site's master page template")
9. Click **Next**.
10. Click **Finish**.

The system creates the new blank website and displays it in the **Sites** application.

If you have previously installed a different site, stop it now, so that you can run the new one:

1. **Stop** () the website which is running on the domain that you want to use (localhost in our case).
2. **Run** () the MEDIO clinic website.

   ![The new site shown in the Sites application](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9tutorial/creating-a-new-website/sites_app.png "The new site shown in the Sites application")

> **Info:** **Running more websites simultaneously**
>
> If you want to run more websites simultaneously, you need to set different domain names for them. See [Setting up multiple websites](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/configuring-kentico/managing-sites/setting-up-multiple-websites.md) for more information.

> **Info:** **Adding license keys**
>
> For instructions on how to add license keys to Kentico, see [Managing site licenses](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/configuring-kentico/managing-sites/managing-site-licenses.md).

**Previous page:** [Site development overview](https://docs.kentico.com/k9tutorial/site-development-overview.md) — **Next page:** [Adding styles to the website](https://docs.kentico.com/k9tutorial/adding-styles-to-the-website.md)

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