New to Netlify...trying to figure out how to create a netlify.toml file and where to put it

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Signed up with Netlify yesterday and transferred my website over from my old provider due to issues with them. I manually deployed my site just using the drag-and-drop feature. Really like the interface, and I don’t have to deal with transferring the site via unsecure FTP.

I’ve been reading about plugins, and I’ve installed a plugin for my site. The instructions for the plugin state that I have to edit the netlify.toml file and put a couple of lines of code in there to make the plugin run. How do I do that? Is there a sample netlify.toml file I can copy, and do I just put it in my website root and then manually deploy the site to Netlify?

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howdy @joeg9972 - so glad you are trying netlify, and your story about FTP is something many of us are familiar with. I started as a front end dev a long time ago and remember having to FTP in to servers :cold_sweat:

There is a ton of information here:

If you have specific questions about how to do something, let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

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actually, perry…I kinda figured it out. :slight_smile:

I just used Netlify CLI, deployed the toml file to my website directory on my computer, and executed the “netlify build” command on the directory, and the plugin worked!

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well look at you! :medal_sports: Good job! Come back any time if you need more help - soon you are gonna be helping people fix their problems i bet :wink: