Netlify Setup Guide

Netlify ships websites and web apps from git to a global CDN—build, preview, deploy, and roll back without running your own servers. Ideal for marketing sites, docs, landing pages, and modern frontend apps.

Best for founders, product marketers, agencies, and developers who want production hosting plus Deploy Previews in the same workflow. Start free at join.netlify.com/skowers.

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What It Is (And Where It Fits A Growth Stack)

Landing page builders create the assets. Netlify is how those sites—and the full product marketing surface— go live reliably: HTTPS, CDN performance, preview links for every change, and serverless when you need forms or light backend logic without a separate host.

Git-connected builds: push to main (or merge a PR) and production updates automatically.
Deploy Previews: every pull request gets a unique URL for stakeholder and QA review.
Global CDN + atomic deploys: fast delivery with rollbacks when a release goes sideways.
Serverless functions & edge: add APIs, forms, and personalization without managing VMs.

How To Get Started

Create an account via the Skowers Netlify partner link.
Connect GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket and import the site/app repo.
Confirm build command, publish directory, and Node version for your framework.
Add environment variables (API keys, CMS tokens) in the site settings—never in git.
Map your custom domain and verify HTTPS, then enable Deploy Previews on PRs.

Fast Wins For Product & Marketing

Ship a marketing site or docs portal from an existing Next.js/Astro/static repo in one afternoon.
Use Deploy Preview URLs in Slack/Notion for design sign-off before production.
Add a Netlify Form on a landing page to capture leads without spinning up a backend.
Instant rollback if a bad deploy ships—restore the last good production version in seconds.
Pair with page builders / Algomo: Netlify hosts the property they convert traffic on.

Core Capabilities

Git-based CI/CD

Every push can build and publish. Branch deploys keep experiments isolated from production.

Deploy Previews

Shareable URLs per PR so marketers and PMs review the real UI, not screenshots.

Global CDN & HTTPS

Fast edge delivery with certificates managed for you—fewer “site is down” fire drills.

Serverless & edge

Run light APIs, webhooks, and edge logic next to the frontend when you outgrow static HTML.

Forms, identity, splits

Capture submissions, add auth flows, and experiment without bolting on five more vendors day one.

Free tier → paid scale

Start on freemium limits; upgrade for team seats, bandwidth, and enterprise controls as traffic grows.

Suggested First Projects

Launch site: Connect the marketing repo → custom domain → Deploy Preview workflow for every content PR.

Campaign landing: Host a high-convert page, wire a Netlify Form or serverless webhook into your CRM/email tool.

Docs / changelog: Publish product docs so support and SEO share one fast, versioned surface.

App frontend: Deploy a Next.js (or similar) app with env vars and branch previews for staging.

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How To Evaluate Fit

Time-to-first successful production deploy from an existing repo (target: under an hour).
Open a PR and confirm Deploy Preview is usable for non-engineer review.
Check build minutes, bandwidth, and team needs against free vs paid plan limits.
Validate rollback and env-var handling match how your team ships marketing changes.