[Release Note] New user interface for creating sites (#9750)

* Add release note draft from Stephanie

* Copy edits and new screenshots

* Update screenshots in docs

Author: rachelwhitton

source/content/add-site-custom-upstream.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ audience: [agency, development]
 product: [--]
 integration: [--]
 tags: [--]
-reviewed: 2023-01-01
+reviewed: 2025-11-04
 ---
 
 Custom Upstreams act as a scaffold for new sites, allowing developers and site owners of any skill level to kickoff projects at warp speed.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ To create a site using a Custom Upstream:
 1. Select the upstream you wish to use.
 1. Enter the name and select a region for this site, then click **Continue**. It can take several minutes to create a new site on Pantheon.
 
-   ![Enter site information](../images/create-new-site-info.png)
+   ![Enter site information](../images/create-new-site-form.png)
 
    <Alert title="Note" type="info" >
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ To create a site using a Custom Upstream:
 
 1. Click **Visit your Pantheon Site Dashboard** when the process is complete.
 
-   ![Site creation completed](../images/create-site-done.png)
+   ![Site creation completed](../images/new-site-setup-deploy-complete.png)
 
 You've now created the core portion of your Dev environment; now you have to install the CMS.
 

source/content/guides/getstarted/06-addsite.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ product: [--]
 integration: [--]
 tags: [--]
 contributors: [wordsmither]
-reviewed: "2024-12-02"
+reviewed: "2025-11-04"
 showtoc: true
 permalink: docs/guides/getstarted/addsite
 editpath: getstarted/addsite.md

source/content/partials/dashboard-site-creation-1.md

@@ -36,20 +36,20 @@ reviewed: ""
    - Select a region for this site.
    - If this site is to be part of a Professional Workspace, select a Workspace from **Choose a Workspace for the Site**.
 
-   ![Enter site information](../../images/create-new-site-info.png)
+   ![Enter site information](../../images/create-new-site-form.png)
 
 1. The deployment process begins. It can take several minutes to create a new site on Pantheon.
 
-   ![Deploying a new site](../../images/create-new-site-deploy.png)
+   ![Deploying a new site](../../images/creating-new-wp-site.png)
 
    <Alert title="Note" type="info" >
 
    You can navigate away from this page during this process, but later, you'll have access the site via the **Sites** tab in your Workspace.
 
    </Alert>
 
-1. Click **Visit your Pantheon Site Dashboard** when the process is complete.
+1. Click **Go to site dashboard** when the process is complete.
 
-   ![Site creation completed](../../images/create-site-done.png)
+   ![Site creation completed](../../images/new-site-setup-deploy-complete.png)
 
 You've now created the core portion of your Dev environment; now you have to install the CMS.

source/images/create-new-site-deploy.png

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+title: "New user interface for creating sites in the Pantheon Dashboard now available"
+published_date: "2025-11-04"
+categories: [user-interface]
+---
+A refreshed, modernized site creation experience is now available in the Pantheon Dashboard for all users. 
+
+Share questions and feedback in the [Pantheon Community Slack](http://slackin.pantheon.io/).
+
+![New user interface showing the creation of a WordPress site in the dashboard](../images/create-new-site-form.png)
+
+## Key Changes
+* The process and workflow is the same, with fewer “loading” screens.
+* Design improvements to align with the latest usability standards.
+* Previously, errors were checked after form submission. Now, errors are checked as you type.
+* Previously, after deployment completed, only a single button was shown for opening the new site dashboard. In the new experience, we've added next steps in context with relevant documentation links: 
+  ![New user interface showing the completion of deploying a new WordPress site in the dashboard](../images/new-site-setup-deploy-complete.png)