diff --git a/src/site.rs b/src/site.rs
index d8fab1d..da279e1 100644
--- a/src/site.rs
+++ b/src/site.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,69 @@
 //! Management of on-disk layout of the source of a site
 
-use std::{collections::HashMap, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    fs::{create_dir_all, File},
+    io::Write,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+};
+
+use snafu::{ensure, ResultExt, Snafu};
+use tracing::{debug, instrument};
 
 use self::{config::Config, page::Page};
 
 pub mod config;
 pub mod page;
 
+/// Error encountered interacting with a [`Site`]
+#[derive(Snafu, Debug)]
+pub enum SiteError {
+    /// Error checking to see if a path exists
+    #[snafu(display("Error checking if path exists: {:?}", path))]
+    ExistanceCheck {
+        /// Path being checked
+        path: PathBuf,
+        /// Underlying error
+        source: std::io::Error,
+    },
+    /// Error creating a directory
+    #[snafu(display("Error creating directory:: {:?}", path))]
+    CreateDirectory {
+        /// Path being checked
+        path: PathBuf,
+        /// Underlying error
+        source: std::io::Error,
+    },
+    /// Site repository dir was not a directory
+    #[snafu(display("Site repository path was not a directory: {:?}", path))]
+    NotADirectory {
+        /// Path being checked
+        path: PathBuf,
+    },
+    /// Failed to reify the configuration
+    ConfigReify {
+        /// The underlying error
+        #[snafu(source(from(serde_dhall::Error, Box::new)))]
+        source: Box<serde_dhall::Error>,
+    },
+    /// Failed to write out the configuration
+    WriteConfig {
+        /// The path we tried to write the config to
+        path: PathBuf,
+        /// The underlying error
+        source: std::io::Error,
+    },
+    /// Error writing out a page
+    #[snafu(display("Error writing out page {:?}", page))]
+    PageWrite {
+        /// The page we were trying to write out
+        page: PathBuf,
+        /// The underlying error
+        #[snafu(source(from(SiteError, Box::new)))]
+        source: Box<SiteError>,
+    },
+}
+
 /// Representation of the on-disk structure of a site
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Site {
@@ -26,3 +83,42 @@ impl Default for Site {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl Site {
+    /// Writes out the configuration for a `Site`, and makes sure the files for all the pages exist
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// Will return an error if serialization fails, the user does not have write permissions for
+    /// the directory, or any other IO errors occur while writing out the config.
+    #[instrument(skip(site_dir))]
+    pub fn write(&self, site_dir: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<(), SiteError> {
+        let site_dir = site_dir.as_ref();
+        debug!(?site_dir);
+        // Make sure the site_dir is a directory, if it exists, otherwise create it
+        if site_dir
+            .try_exists()
+            .context(ExistanceCheckSnafu { path: site_dir })?
+        {
+            ensure!(site_dir.is_dir(), NotADirectorySnafu { path: site_dir });
+        } else {
+            create_dir_all(site_dir).context(CreateDirectorySnafu { path: site_dir })?;
+        }
+        // Serialize the config
+        let config_path = site_dir.join("config.dhall");
+        let serialized_config = serde_dhall::serialize(&self.config)
+            .to_string()
+            .context(ConfigReifySnafu)?;
+        let mut config_file =
+            File::create(&config_path).context(WriteConfigSnafu { path: &config_path })?;
+        config_file
+            .write_all(serialized_config.as_bytes())
+            .context(WriteConfigSnafu { path: &config_path })?;
+        // Write out the pages
+        for (page_path, page) in &self.pages {
+            page.write(site_dir, page_path)
+                .context(PageWriteSnafu { page: page_path })?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/site/page.rs b/src/site/page.rs
index 0a17770..3ad061c 100644
--- a/src/site/page.rs
+++ b/src/site/page.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 //! Management of a page
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use super::SiteError;
+
 /// Representation of the configuration for a page
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct PageConfig {
@@ -47,3 +49,19 @@ impl Default for Page {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl Page {
+    /// Writes out the configuration for a `Page`, and makes sure the file for the page exists
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// Will return an error if serialization fails, the user does not have write permissions for
+    /// the directory, or any other IO errors occur while writing out the config.
+    pub fn write(
+        &self,
+        site_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
+        page_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
+    ) -> Result<(), SiteError> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}