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# Design an opening site

> Turn the coffee shop launch plan into a design for an opening-soon site.

export const OpeningSiteDesignCover = () => <div className="chat-mkt" role="img" aria-label="A frosted design canvas with a website layout and image asset" style={{
  margin: "28px 0 42px",
  borderTop: 0,
  paddingTop: 0
}}>
    <div className="chat-use-case-visual" style={{
  aspectRatio: "auto",
  minHeight: "clamp(220px, 34vw, 320px)",
  overflow: "hidden",
  background: "radial-gradient(circle at 50% -18%, rgba(255,255,255,.82), transparent 42%), radial-gradient(circle at 4% 96%, rgba(255,184,146,.48), transparent 38%), linear-gradient(140deg, #ff764d, #ff3c00 60%, #c92d00)"
}}>
      <div aria-hidden="true" style={{
  position: "absolute",
  inset: 0,
  background: "linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255,255,255,.14), rgba(255,255,255,0) 48%, rgba(111,24,0,.2))"
}} />
      <div aria-hidden="true" style={{
  position: "relative",
  zIndex: 1,
  display: "grid",
  gridTemplateColumns: "minmax(0, 1.15fr) minmax(0, .85fr)",
  gap: "clamp(12px, 2.4vw, 22px)",
  width: "min(720px, 84%)",
  minHeight: "inherit",
  alignItems: "center",
  margin: "auto"
}}>
        <div style={{
  display: "grid",
  gap: 12,
  minHeight: "clamp(148px, 23vw, 198px)",
  padding: "clamp(12px, 2vw, 18px)",
  border: "1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.6)",
  borderRadius: 20,
  background: "linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255,255,255,.36), rgba(255,255,255,.12))",
  boxShadow: "0 18px 36px rgba(55,27,18,.2)",
  backdropFilter: "blur(6px)"
}}>
          <div style={{
  display: "flex",
  gap: 6
}}>
            {[".92", ".52", ".32"].map(opacity => <span key={opacity} style={{
  width: 7,
  height: 7,
  borderRadius: 999,
  background: `rgba(255,255,255,${opacity})`
}} />)}
          </div>
          <div style={{
  display: "grid",
  gridTemplateColumns: "minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, .8fr)",
  gap: 10
}}>
            <div style={{
  display: "grid",
  alignContent: "center",
  gap: 9
}}>
              <span style={{
  width: "76%",
  height: 12,
  borderRadius: 99,
  background: "rgba(255,255,255,.86)"
}} />
              <span style={{
  width: "94%",
  height: 7,
  borderRadius: 99,
  background: "rgba(255,255,255,.46)"
}} />
              <span style={{
  width: "72%",
  height: 7,
  borderRadius: 99,
  background: "rgba(255,255,255,.34)"
}} />
              <span style={{
  width: 48,
  height: 18,
  marginTop: 4,
  borderRadius: 99,
  background: "rgba(255,255,255,.74)"
}} />
            </div>
            <div style={{
  minHeight: 92,
  border: "1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.42)",
  borderRadius: 12,
  background: "linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(255,255,255,.72), rgba(255,255,255,.18))"
}} />
          </div>
        </div>
        <div style={{
  display: "grid",
  gap: 10
}}>
          {["68%", "86%", "54%"].map((width, index) => <div key={width} style={{
  display: "grid",
  gridTemplateColumns: "18px minmax(0, 1fr)",
  alignItems: "center",
  gap: 9,
  padding: "clamp(9px, 1.5vw, 13px)",
  border: "1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.46)",
  borderRadius: 14,
  background: index === 0 ? "rgba(255,255,255,.29)" : "rgba(255,255,255,.12)",
  backdropFilter: "blur(5px)"
}}>
              <span style={{
  width: 18,
  height: 18,
  borderRadius: index === 1 ? 4 : 999,
  background: index === 0 ? "rgba(255,255,255,.9)" : "rgba(255,255,255,.42)"
}} />
              <span style={{
  width,
  height: 7,
  borderRadius: 99,
  background: "rgba(255,255,255,.7)"
}} />
            </div>)}
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>;

export const CoffeeShopScreenshotFrame = ({src, alt}) => <div style={{
  margin: "28px 0",
  overflow: "hidden",
  borderRadius: "24px",
  background: "radial-gradient(circle at 50% -18%, rgba(255,255,255,.82), transparent 42%), radial-gradient(circle at 4% 96%, rgba(255,184,146,.48), transparent 38%), linear-gradient(140deg, #ff764d, #ff3c00 60%, #c92d00)",
  boxShadow: "0 16px 32px rgba(112,36,13,.18)"
}}>
    <div style={{
  padding: "clamp(10px, 2vw, 18px)",
  background: "linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255,255,255,.14), rgba(255,255,255,0) 48%, rgba(111,24,0,.2))"
}}>
      <a href={src} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" aria-label={`Open ${alt} at full size`} style={{
  display: "block",
  overflow: "hidden",
  border: "1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.62)",
  borderRadius: "16px",
  background: "rgba(255,255,255,.96)",
  boxShadow: "0 12px 28px rgba(55,27,18,.2)",
  cursor: "zoom-in"
}}>
        <img src={src} alt={alt} style={{
  display: "block",
  width: "100%",
  height: "auto"
}} />
      </a>
    </div>
  </div>;

export const AiPrompt = ({children}) => {
  return <CodeBlock className="relative block max-w-full overflow-x-hidden font-sans !whitespace-pre-wrap !break-words" style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere",
    wordBreak: "break-word"
  }}>
      <div className="pr-7" style={{
    whiteSpace: "pre-wrap",
    overflowWrap: "anywhere",
    wordBreak: "break-word"
  }}>
        {children}
      </div>
    </CodeBlock>;
};

<OpeningSiteDesignCover />

You understand the difference between a conversation and a project. Now turn
the coffee-shop launch plan into something people can see.

Ask Replit to use the conversation, research, and launch plan to create an
opening site for the neighborhood café:

<AiPrompt>
  Design an opening-soon website for my neighborhood coffee shop using the
  concept, visual direction, and launch plan from this conversation. Make it
  feel warm, calm, and welcoming. Include a short introduction, the
  neighborhood, opening updates, and a way for people to stay informed.
</AiPrompt>

## Create and refine the opening site

<Steps>
  <Step title="Review the first site">
    After a few minutes, Replit turns the direction from the conversation into
    an opening site. Review the first version before deciding what to change.

    <CoffeeShopScreenshotFrame src="/images/coffee-shop-launch/opening-site-preview.jpg" alt="Coffee shop opening site preview with publishing controls in Replit" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open Design">
    Before publishing, make the site your own. Select **Design** to open the
    design canvas.

    <CoffeeShopScreenshotFrame src="/images/coffee-shop-launch/open-design.jpg" alt="Replit Design menu open above an opening-soon coffee shop site" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review the design">
    The design canvas keeps the opening site visible while you decide what to
    adjust next.

    <CoffeeShopScreenshotFrame src="/images/coffee-shop-launch/review-updated-site-design.jpg" alt="Updated coffee shop opening site design with a generated cappuccino image in the hero section" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Explore different layouts">
    Use the suggested next steps to try a different layout or refine what is
    working. Replit keeps the first version available while you explore.

    <CoffeeShopScreenshotFrame src="/images/coffee-shop-launch/explore-design-directions.jpg" alt="Replit Design suggested next steps for reimagining, trying layouts, and refining a coffee shop site" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add an image asset">
    Select **Generate**, then choose **Image**. Describe the asset you need and
    where it will appear. Here, the request is for a cappuccino image for the
    coffee-shop site.

    <CoffeeShopScreenshotFrame src="/images/coffee-shop-launch/open-generate-menu.png" alt="Generate menu in the Replit Design canvas with Design, Image, Video, and Vector Graphic options" />

    <CoffeeShopScreenshotFrame src="/images/coffee-shop-launch/write-image-request.png" alt="Image generation prompt for a cappuccino image in the Replit Design canvas" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Use the new asset in the site">
    When the image is ready, select it and ask Replit to use it in the hero
    section. Keep refining the site until it represents the café.

    <CoffeeShopScreenshotFrame src="/images/coffee-shop-launch/replace-hero-image.jpg" alt="Generated cappuccino image selected in the Replit Design canvas with a request to replace the website hero image" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Preview the site before publishing">
    Open the preview to check the finished site. When you are happy with it,
    you are ready to publish.

    <CoffeeShopScreenshotFrame src="/images/coffee-shop-launch/opening-site-preview.jpg" alt="Coffee shop opening site preview with publishing controls in Replit" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

Learn more about [creating a design](/create-a-design).

## Next

<section className="chat-mkt chat-workflow-grid has-visuals">
  <a className="chat-example has-visual" href="/home/publish-the-site">
    <div className="chat-use-case-visual">
      <div className="chat-use-case-window">
        <b />

        <b />

        <b />
      </div>
    </div>

    <div className="chat-example-tag">Publish</div>
    <div className="chat-card-title">Publish the site</div>
    <p>Make the opening site available for people to visit and share.</p>
    <div className="chat-card-link">Continue →</div>
  </a>
</section>