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  "articleBody": "We use [orb portals](https://ampcode.com/manual/orbs#portals) all the time to share what we're builing and get feedback.\n\nBut the URLs were ugly and auto-generated. So, we made them nice and friendly. Now, instead of sharing `t-01a0095e-9568-whatever-p1234.onamp.dev`, you can share `foo--yourname.onamp.dev` or even use your own domain like [park.mixfox.org](https://park.mixfox.org/) (which is on an orb, basically).\n\n![Sharing an orb portal in Slack with a rich preview and an Open Portal button](https://static.ampcode.com/news/friendly-orb-slack-preview-20260823.png)\n\nThis is especially nice when a portal is a long-lived application, not just a preview of changes to your local dev server. And that's increasingly how teams are using portals.\n\nClick the in the Portal tab to set the hostname, or ask Amp to do it for you in an orb. You can set up a [personal custom domain](https://ampcode.com/settings/domains) or a [workspace custom domain](https://ampcode.com/workspace/domains), or just customize the hostname prefix before `--yourname.onamp.dev`.\n\n![The Portal Hostname dialog with a friendly onamp.dev hostname](https://static.ampcode.com/news/friendly-orb-hostname-dialog-20260823.png?v=2)\n",
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  "content_html": "<p>We use <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://ampcode.com/manual/orbs#portals\">orb portals</a> all the time to share what we're builing and get feedback.</p>\n<p>But the URLs were ugly and auto-generated. So, we made them nice and friendly. Now, instead of sharing <code>t-01a0095e-9568-whatever-p1234.onamp.dev</code>, you can share <code>foo--yourname.onamp.dev</code> or even use your own domain like <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://park.mixfox.org/\">park.mixfox.org</a> (which is on an orb, basically).</p>\n<p><picture class=\"article-picture article-picture-fallback\" style=\"--image-ratio:16 / 9\"><img src=\"https://static.ampcode.com/news/friendly-orb-slack-preview-20260823.png\" alt=\"Sharing an orb portal in Slack with a rich preview and an Open Portal button\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" class=\"progressive-image\"></picture></p>\n<p>This is especially nice when a portal is a long-lived application, not just a preview of changes to your local dev server. And that's increasingly how teams are using portals.</p>\n<p>Click the in the Portal tab to set the hostname, or ask Amp to do it for you in an orb. You can set up a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://ampcode.com/settings/domains\">personal custom domain</a> or a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://ampcode.com/workspace/domains\">workspace custom domain</a>, or just customize the hostname prefix before <code>--yourname.onamp.dev</code>.</p>\n<p><picture class=\"article-picture article-picture-fallback\" style=\"--image-ratio:16 / 9\"><img src=\"https://static.ampcode.com/news/friendly-orb-hostname-dialog-20260823.png?v=2\" alt=\"The Portal Hostname dialog with a friendly onamp.dev hostname\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" class=\"progressive-image\"></picture></p>\n",
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