Manual deploy on custom domain

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Hello, I would like to deploy manually on my custom domain bestcoach.online (chess site) - but when I use the drag and drop function, then it deploys on a random domain.
After the drag and drop it does not ask me on which domain I want to deploy.

Before, I already had a manual deploy via netlify on my custom domain, but when I tried to upload a new folder, it did not work and now it shows me a “page not found” error. On the random domains the deploy works fine. Maybe I accidentally changed a setting? The menu is very complicated.

Creating websites is not my profession, so an easy to understand answer would be fantastic.

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@MarcS To create a new deploy for an existing site, you need to ‘Drag & Drop’ to a different spot.

See the video in the documentation here:
https://docs.netlify.com/site-deploys/create-deploys/#drag-and-drop

I can’t answer your second question, as there are multiple things you could have done wrong.
You’re just going to have to familiarize yourself with the tool you’re working with, consult documentation etc.

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Thank you nathanmartin - I tried it multiple times exactly as shown in the video, but it still deploys on random domains, it does not ask me where I want to deploy, it seems like it creates new random domains automatically.

I suspect I am overlooking something simple or that maybe there is a setting I triggered accidentally, but after looking for hours I still can’t find it.

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@MarcS Sorry, the video doesn’t show what I believed it showed.

There are two spots that you can ‘Drag & Drop’

  • One is on your sites list page → it creates a new site
  • One is on the ‘deploy’ page of any of your existing sites → it creates a new deploy for that site

Make sure that you navigate into the specific site that you want to update first.

The only other thing you might be getting confused about…

Netlify always generates a unique URL per deploy, that accesses that specific deploy.

However your current ‘published deploy’ is accessible via your ‘main URL’.

So you should use your URL like yoursitename.netlify.app
Not a specific deploy URL like 1234abcd12acde000111cdef--yoursitename.netlify.app

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Thank you very much, it worked now.
But I had to delete a link to GitLab in the deploy options - I thought when I deactivate automatic deploy this would not be neccessary. Before deleting this repository link, I think there was no manual option available.

Thank you again, now I can focus on my business :slight_smile:

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@MarcS That’s correct, I didn’t suggest it as you never mentioned you’d linked to a git repository.

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Yes so your answer was logical and helped me :slight_smile:

May also help more beginners. Summary:

  • deploying like in the video creates a new domain
  • for manual custum domain deploy you have to navigate to the domain site in the menu and then click on deploy and find the drag and drop area there
  • if the manual deploy is not available, maybe you tried a repository link before, if that did not work for some reason, you may delete the repository link to unlock manual deploy
  • (I asume: Manual deploy is good enough for simple websites with rare changes, but for websites with regular changes it’s more convenient to make the repository link work)