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How to Create a New Site

Learn how to select templates, navigate the division tabs, and properly create multiple Lapsite portfolios.

Jay
Founder
24 February 20263 min read
How to Create a New Site
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Updated 6 March 2026

Lapsite is designed so you can build out a full ecosystem for your racing career. We don’t just give you one website—we give you a suite of templates (referred to as Sites) to tackle different needs.

This guide will walk you through the Create New Site page, how to choose the right template, and what Divisions mean.

The Top Navigation Bar

Before diving into templates, it's worth noting how the top navigation bar changes on this page to fit the context:

  • Back to Dashboard: Replaces the standard home button, giving you an easy one-click escape hatch back to your main site list.
  • Media Gallery: You still have quick access to your global media assets before starting a new design.
  • Help Menu & Tour: If you need a refresher on how the Divisions and Template Limits work, click the Help icon on the far right to restart the spotlight tour for this page specifically.
The modified top navigation bar showing the `Back to Dashboard` arrow and `Help` menu.

The Divisions Tab

Rather than overwhelming you with a massive wall of templates, Lapsite breaks them down into categories called Divisions.

When you navigate to /dashboard/new to create a site, you'll see a series of tabs across the top:

  • All: Shows every template on Lapsite regardless of its category.
  • Motorsport: Templates crafted specifically for professional and amateur racing drivers (e.g., Racefolio, Motorsport).
  • Automotive: Templates geared toward auto shops, detailers, and content creators.
  • Essentials: The basics you need to start converting traffic immediately, designed specifically for link-in-bio use cases.
The Division tabs row across the top of the Create Site page, showing the four main tabs.

Choosing a Template

Each template is displayed as a large, clickable card. These cards give you vital information before you choose:

1

The Name:

Big, bold text across the top (e.g., / RACEFOLIO /).

2

Type Badges:

Tells you if the template is a Single-page layout or a Multi-page architecture, along with its specific plan requirement (e.g., Free, Pro, Max).

3

Availability State:

If you already have a site using a particular template, the badge will say Active Site. You can only have one site per template type at a time.

4

Action Buttons:

You can Create Site or preview the design via the small External Link icon button.

A template card showing the badges like `Pro`, `Multi-Page`, and the `Create Site` button.

Important Limits: Template Typs & Single Division Rules

There's two essential rules to remember when creating your site collection:

1. One Site Per Template Type: You can only have one active site of each template type. For example, you can have a Racefolio site and an Essentials link-in-bio site, but you cannot have two separate Racefolio sites. If you try, the button will change to Go to Editor.

2. The Pro Plan Division Lock: If you are on the Free or Pro plan, your chosen templates must all come from the same Division (e.g., you can choose two templates from Motorsport, but not one from Motorsport and one from Automotive).

If you try to pick outside your active division on a Pro plan, you'll see an orange warning message on the card: Division Locked.

  • Upgrading to Max: The Max plan removes this limit entirely, allowing you to use any template from any division simultaneously.

The Editor Hand-Off


Once you find the perfect template, creating the site is instantaneous.

Click the Create Site button. The button will temporarily switch to say Creating..., and within seconds, Lapsite will build the foundation and drop you straight into the Editor for that specific template.

From there, it's time to start customizing.

Check out our next guide: Mastering the Lapsite Editor to learn how the drag-and-drop mechanics work!

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