Notion Released Much Awaited Features – Site on Custom Domain
Notion has now extended its capability beyond private pages by introducing Notion Sites. This new feature allows users to turn their public Notion pages into full-fledged websites easily. Notion launched brand new features under the umbrella of Notion Sites.
What we’re launching on Tuesday is a set of features that turn a Notion page—which was probably about 80% to 90% of what I think we would all consider a website—to literally 100% of a website.
Matt Piccolella, Product lead at Notion
However, by adding these functionalities, Notion squarely competes with other website builders like Webflow, Framer, Wix, and WordPress.
“One of the best features of Notion has always been that with a single click, you can turn a Notion page into a publicly facing website,” Piccolella said. “The problem with these pages is that they’ve always been missing many of the bells and whistles that you might expect to see on a website.”
Notion Sites adds some of those bells and whistles. It allows users to create websites accessible through their own domain names, helps to customize site navigation and search options, and allows specification of metadata for improved search engine and social media visibility. It also facilitates integration with Google Analytics to track site usage.
Similarly to before, the goal is to assist users in publishing any Notion page they have been developing internally and make them accessible to the public. This ensures that virtually every existing Notion feature will be visible and functional on the public Notion Site.
One thing that the team has intentionally avoided so far is the ability to customize sites in detail. Currently, Notion Sites offer dark and light modes, similar to the Notion application. The visual theming options are currently limited. However, the team plans to add more visual theming options for future updates.
Piccolella says the primary objective is to make this the “simplest way to publish a beautiful website.”
“I think one of the benefits of Notion is that you get that kind of Notion look and feel, which is kind of effortlessly beautiful,” he said. “Fonts are going to look really nice and the colors are going to look really nice, without having to comb through tons of different visual styling and things like that. It’s actually kind of the visual minimalism that we like.”
Notion Sites are an excellent choice for individuals and small teams seeking a straightforward and integrated way to share content online.
They offer ease of use and collaboration benefits, though they might not meet the needs of those requiring more advanced web design and optimization features. Notion Sites is a highly practical solution for quick and efficient content sharing.