Your school website

What this is

Do this

1. 1

   After signing in, open Daycare setup (School setup at a center) → Additional features → Create your website. Once a draft is saved, Publish your website opens the same page.

2. 2

   On Welcome to your school website, choose Build website and answer the short questions. They prepare Home, About us, Our programs, Schedule a tour, Our team and Contact with suggestions you can edit. Add school details and optional photos, then choose Preview. Continue finishes the questions another time, and Edit website opens a website you already saved. Check the suggested website address before the first save; it is fixed after that.

3. 3

   The editor opens on the Website tab. Choose a Design, a Page and the View (Computer or Phone), then Edit this page and type directly in headings and paragraphs. Choose Save draft, then Preview to check every included page in a new tab. Close editor (×) returns to setup.

4. 4

   Choose Review in Publishing. Review the saved school details, every page (including hidden content) and every image. Confirm each page and both publication checks, then Approve. Approval keeps the site private; choose Publish when ready.

5. 5

   Use Take offline when you need to remove the public pages. Your draft stays available.

How it works

School

Each location has its own website. Owners, organization admins and directors can edit. Assistant directors can read and preview.

Design and parents

Each design works without photos or a logo. The editor opens on the Website tab, showing your pages. The full-screen editor has no Help link: to read this guide, save your draft, choose Close editor, then open Help from the menu. Close editor returns to Daycare setup (School setup at a center); saving keeps the editor open. The Publishing tab contains publication and website address controls. Use Design and Page to explore, then Edit this page to change a section. Simple editing shows only the page. Type directly in headings and paragraphs; edit program cards and questions directly on the page too. Full editor opens the blocks, canvas and settings workspace. Pages → Fill pages fills empty pages without replacing your writing. Schedule a tour opens available tour times on its own page; add times with Visit times, which opens Enrollment. Without available times, parents can send an inquiry from Contact. Confirmation appears on the page, not by email. Parent sign in opens Ashby for existing families.

Draft

Saving keeps changes private. Cancel does not save. If another person changes the website, reload before saving again.

Pages

Start with Home, About us, Our programs, Our team, Schedule a tour and Contact. Add up to twelve pages and keep one visible home page. Hidden pages stay out of the public website.

Published website

Visitors see the last version you published. Later draft edits do not change it. Search descriptions summarize pages for search results.

Website address

Your address follows ashbycare.com/schools/your-school and is reserved on the first save. When Manage address is available, connect a domain your school owns. Ask its administrator to add the ownership, secure-connection and website records shown, then Check connection. Keep the records in place. Disconnect stops that address from opening your site; saved pages stay available.

Inquiries

The published Contact page accepts adult contact details only. New inquiries appear in Enrollment and on Home under Needs attention. Reply using those details, then set the family’s status to Waiting for a place or Place offered. Taking the site offline also closes its form.

Images

Use school branding or approved adult staff photos, never pictures of children. Remove an image from both draft and published pages before deleting it. New upload links cannot restore a removed image. Copies saved outside Ashby cannot be recalled.

Human approval

Owners, organization admins and directors approve the exact saved website. Approval records who reviewed it and when. Saving again requires a new review. Images must load before approval; every photo must show only permitted adult staff or school branding. Approval and publication are separate actions.

Public content

Never include child names, photos, medical details or other private information. Permission to share classroom photos with families does not allow publication on the internet.