# Build a bakery website

Generate a bakery, patisserie or cake shop site on the Hearth template, list your range, hours and locations, and link to wherever you take pre-orders.

A bakery site shows what you bake, when you are open and where to find you. The generator drafts those pages from your description. If you take pre-orders, send people to the page where you already do.

## Which templates fit

| Template | What the generator uses it for |
| --- | --- |
| Hearth | Bakeries, patisseries, boulangeries and cake shops. The generator's bakery template. |
| Saffron | Restaurants, cafes and coffee shops. A bakery prompt goes to Hearth, not here. |
| Capitol | The general-purpose template and the fallback if a build fails. |

For a different look, browse the [Templates](https://www.uova.com/help/build/templates) gallery and press **Use Template**.

## What a generation includes

- One multi-page site on the template the generator matches to your prompt. The pages follow that template's own page plan, plus the template's legal pages. The exact set depends on the template.
- Copy written by the model from your description. The brand name and contact details come only from your prompt and the **+ Add** tray. Anything that was not supplied is removed or shown in the editor as an "Add your …" instruction, and those lines are hidden on the public site. Read every line before you publish.
- Legal pages as drafts for you to fill in. An unfilled one is left off the live site, with its links, until you edit it. Capitol has none.
- Images: when you are signed in the build may add fresh images, and your own photos (up to 20) and logo are carried in.
- One language per site, detected from your prompt: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German or Italian. Writing "in Portuguese" settles it.

## What to put in the prompt

A prompt can be up to 6,000 characters. Plain sentences work. This is a sample you can adapt:

```
Crumb & Co is a sourdough bakery and cake shop in Melbourne. We bake bread daily, make custom celebration cakes and sell pastries and coffee. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 7am to 3pm. We are at 12 Smith Street, Fitzroy. Phone 03 5550 0161.
```

- List what you bake and what you make to order. The copy follows your list.
- Give the address and opening hours for each shop if you have more than one.
- Attach photos of your bread and cakes. They are carried into the draft.

See [Write a prompt that works](https://www.uova.com/help/build/writing-a-good-prompt) for the full list of what the generator reads.

## Editor features to use

- [Edit text](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/text): change the range as it changes with the season.
- [Images, video and the media library](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/images-and-media): replace stock food images with your own.
- [Add elements](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/add-elements): add a block for a seasonal range or a cake gallery.
- [Forms and contact blocks](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/forms): route cake enquiries to the right address.

## Publish and connect

- Select **Publish** and choose the address. A `uova.io` address is included on every plan, and it cannot be changed after the first publish. See [Publish your site](https://www.uova.com/help/build/publish/publish-your-site).
- Add your own domain on a paid plan, either one you own or one you buy through UOVA. See [Connect a domain you own](https://www.uova.com/help/build/domains/connect-your-own-domain) and [Buy a domain](https://www.uova.com/help/build/domains/buy-a-domain).
- Messages from your site's forms arrive in your Inbox and are emailed to you. The default is up to 20 message emails per site per day, then one summary. The visitor gets no automatic confirmation email. See [Inbox and form messages](https://www.uova.com/help/account/inbox).
- Set a title and description for each page in [SEO settings](https://www.uova.com/help/build/seo).
- For pre-orders, add a button and set its Link field to the page where you take them. A custom cake enquiry can use the site's contact form instead. See [Buttons and links](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/buttons-and-links).

## What UOVA does not do here

- Online ordering and payments are not covered by this guide. Cake enquiries arrive as form messages and you confirm them yourself.
- You cannot choose which template the generator uses. To pick a design yourself, start from a template instead. See [Start from a template](https://www.uova.com/help/build/templates/use-a-template).
- You cannot import an existing site. Rebuild it from a prompt and paste in your own wording. You can give the generator one link to an existing site or Google listing, which it reads for facts only, not for style.
- Scripts and iframes are not allowed in your own HTML, so third-party widgets cannot be embedded. The one supported embed is the Book section, which works with Cal.com, Calendly and Square Appointments only. For any other tool, link a button to its web address.
- You reply to form messages from your own email program with **Reply by email**. There is no in-app reply and no Inbox export.
- UOVA does not host email at your domain or forward it. See [Email and forwarding](https://www.uova.com/help/build/domains/email-and-forwarding).

## Common questions

**I run a cafe that also bakes. Which template do I get?**

It depends on how you describe the business. A cafe that bakes its own bread and pastries is matched to Hearth today, and a plain cafe or coffee shop to Saffron. Lead with what you most want to be known for.

**Can I take cake enquiries on the site?**

Yes, with a form. Messages land in your Inbox and are emailed to you. See [Forms and contact blocks](https://www.uova.com/help/build/editor/forms).

Source: https://www.uova.com/help/use-cases/bakery-website