Docs: expand deploy recipe

docs/docs/recipes.md

@@ -161,12 +161,53 @@ To wrap pages with layouts, use normal React components.
 
 ## Deploying
 
-Showtime.
+Showtime. Once you are happy with your site, you are ready to go live with it!
+
+### Preparing for deployment
+
+#### Prerequisites
+
+- A [Gatsby site](/docs/quick-start)
+- The [Gatsby CLI](/docs/gatsby-cli) installed
+
+#### Directions
+
+1. Stop your development server if it is running (`Ctrl + C` on your command line in most cases)
+
+2. For the standard site path at the root directory (`/`), run `gatsby build` using the Gatsby CLI on the command line. The built files will now be in the `public` folder.
+
+```shell
+gatsby build
+```
+
+3. To include a site path other than `/` (such as `/site-name/`), set a path prefix by adding the following to your `gatsby-config.js` and replacing `yourpathprefix` with your desired path prefix:
+
+```js:title=gatsby-config.js
+module.exports = {
+ pathPrefix: `/yourpathprefix`,
+}
+```
+
+There are a few reasons to do this--for instance, hosting a blog built with Gatsby on a domain with another site not built on Gatsby. The main site would direct to `example.com`, and the Gatsby site with a path prefix could live at `example.com/blog`.
+
+4. With a path prefix set in `gatsby-config.js`, run `gatsby build` with the `--prefix-paths` flag to automatically add the prefix to the beginning of all Gatsby site URLs and `<Link>` tags.
+
+```shell
+gatsby build --prefix-paths
+```
+
+5. Make sure that your site looks the same when running `gatsby build` as with `gatsby develop`. By running `gatsby serve` when you build your site, you can test out (and debug if necessary) the finished product before deploying it live.
+
+```shell
+gatsby build && gatsby serve
+```
+
+#### Additional Resources
 
 - Walk through building and deploying an example site in [tutorial part one](/tutorial/part-one/#deploying-a-gatsby-site)
-- Learn how to make sure your site is configured properly to be [searchable, shareable, and properly navigable](/docs/preparing-for-site-launch/)
 - Learn about [performance optimization](/docs/performance/)
-- Read about [other deployment related topics](/docs/deploying-and-hosting/)
+- Read about [other deployment related topics](/docs/preparing-for-deployment/)
+- Check out the [deployment docs](/docs/deploying-and-hosting/) for specific hosting platforms and how to deploy to them
 
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