In this guide, you'll enable [[Introduction to Obsidian Publish|Obsidian Publish]] for your vault, create a site, and publish your notes to it.

## Prerequisites

- An Obsidian account. If you don't have one, [sign up now](https://obsidian.md/account#mode=signup).
- An active Obsidian Publish subscription. If you don't have one, subscribe from your [account page](https://obsidian.md/account).

## Step 1: Log in with your Obsidian account

1. Open **Settings**.
2. In the sidebar, click **Account**.
3. In **Email**, enter your email.
4. In **Password**, enter your password.
5. Click **Login**.

## Step 2: Enable Obsidian Publish

1. Open **Settings**.
2. In the sidebar, click **Core plugins**.
3. Enable **Publish**.

## Step 3: Create a new site

1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, click **Publish changes** (paper plane icon).
2. In **Site ID**, enter the path you want for your site. For example, a site with the ID `my-amazing-site` is available from publish.obsidian.md/my-amazing-site.
3. Click **Create**.

## Step 4: Set a site name

1. In the **Publish changes** dialog, click **Change site options** (cog icon).
2. In **Site name**, under **Metadata**, enter the name of your site.
3. Click **Save site settings**.

## Step 5: Select notes to publish

1. In the **Publish changes** dialog, click **NEW** to see all the notes you haven't published yet.
2. Select the notes you want to publish.
3. Click **Publish**.

The notes you selected are now available on your site. For more information, refer to [[Publish and unpublish notes]].

You've configured a Obsidian Publish site and published your first notes. Head over to the site address you configured earlier in this guide, and start sharing it with your readers.
