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# Setting Up Your Host

Before you can publish a site, you must set up how it will be hosted. Sandvox offers two methods:

- On your own computer
- To any host you can reach via SFTP, FTP, FTPS, or WebDav

If you are unable to utilize any of these, you can also export the site to a folder on your computer.

To configure a site's host, you use the Host Setup Assistant.

Ways to open the Host Setup Assistant:

- Click the "Setup Host" item in the toolbar.
- Choose "Setup Host…" from the Publish menu.

The Host Setup Assistant guides you through the process of setting up your host step by step. Similarly, this series of articles is designed to correspond with each step of setting up your host.

## First Step

When you have opened the Host Setup Assistant, the "Host Overview" appears.

## Complete Procedure Steps

The complete series of steps involved in setting up a site's host are:

- Host Overview
- Choosing a Publishing Location
  - Either:
    - Publishing to your Computer
  - or:
    - Testing Your Connection
  - or:
    - Publishing to a Remote Host
    - Testing Your Connection
- Host Summary

## Related Articles

- Host
- Host Setup Assistant
- Known Quirks of Specific Hosts

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