1. Write in Google Docs
Each tab in your Doc becomes a page. Headings, photos, lists and tables work the way you'd expect, and anyone you share the Doc with can pitch in.
Write a Google Doc. Get a website.
PageBison designs, builds and hosts a website from the Doc you write. Your words stay exactly as you wrote them. Edit the Doc, preview, publish.
How it works
2. Preview the design
PageBison turns your Doc into a designed site, with a big welcome banner, rows of cards, photo galleries, quotes and contact forms. You see every page before anything goes live.
3. Publish
Your site goes live at yourname.bison.page or on your own domain. To update it, edit the Doc, preview, and publish again.
Your words stay yours
PageBison's AI only decides how your site looks: which section each part of your Doc goes in, and the layout, colors, spacing and fonts. Your text is copied straight from the Doc onto the page, so it can't be reworded. What you typed is what your visitors read.
Want it different? Say so in the Doc.
Type a note like “three across, dark background” or “photo on the left” under a section's name in your Doc, and the next preview follows it. Shade a table cell to set your brand colors, or name a font for your headings. Notes shape the design and never appear on your site, and if PageBison can't do something you asked for, the preview tells you.
Three styles to start from
Every example on this page was built by PageBison from a short Google Doc.
Warm studio.
Soft colors and friendly serif headings. Here, a neighborhood bakery.
Minimal editorial
Quiet, bookish pages that put the words first. Here, a writer's portfolio.
Bold modern
Big type and strong bands of color. Here, a school board campaign.
What comes with every site
Your own domain
Connect a domain you own, like yourname.com, with step-by-step help for your domain provider, or start with a free yourname.bison.page address.
Preview before it's live
Editing the Doc never changes your live site. You see a preview first, and visitors get exactly the version you published.
History and undo
Every published version is saved. Put an earlier one back in one click.
Bring your current site
Paste your website's address and PageBison copies its pages into a new Google Doc to start from.
Quick, readable pages
Pages are plain HTML with no JavaScript, so they load quickly on any phone. PageBison checks that text colors are easy to read and reminds you to describe your photos for screen readers.
One account, many sites
Make sites for your business, your friends, your clients or your causes, each from its own Doc.
Who it's for
Small businesses
Update your hours, menu and prices in the Doc you already keep.
Campaigns and causes
Volunteers fix typos in the Doc, and only you can publish. Link a Donate button to any donation page, and start a line with “Paid for by” to get a proper disclaimer box.
Writers and creatives
A clean home for your work that you update like any other draft.
People who build sites for others
Clients edit the words in a Doc they already understand, and you look after the design.
This page is a Google Doc
Everything on pagebison.com was written in a Google Doc and published with PageBison. Open the Doc to see exactly what we typed, design notes and all.
Questions
Do I need to know anything about design?
No. Write your content the way you would in any document. Pick one of three styles or let PageBison choose, and steer the look with notes whenever you want.
Who can change the live site?
Anyone you share the Doc with can edit, comment or suggest changes, just as they do now. Only you, signed in to PageBison, can preview and publish.
Will the AI change my writing?
No. It decides how your content is laid out, never what it says.
How much control do I have over the design?
Choose a style, set your colors and fonts, add your logo, and ask for layouts section by section in plain words. Every page is built from PageBison's own sections, like banners, cards, galleries, quotes and forms, which already work on phones and desktops.
Can people contact me through the site?
Yes. Add a contact or sign-up form to any page, and answers go to your email address or to the form service you link.
Will people find my site on Google?
Yes. Each page gets its own web address and a title from your Doc, and search engines can read every word.
What can PageBison see in my Google Drive?
Only the Docs you choose or share with it. It can't open the rest of your Drive.
What if I want to leave?
Your content is a Google Doc in your own Drive. It stays yours whether you use PageBison or not.
Who makes PageBison?
PageBison is a small, independent project by Mike Estes, built first for his own sites and his friends'. It's opening up a few sites at a time.
What does it cost?
PageBison is free during the invite-only beta. If that changes, beta users will hear about it well ahead of time.
Ask for an invite
We're opening PageBison up a few sites at a time. Tell us what you'd like to build, and we'll email you when your invite is ready.