Understanding Draft & Live Page

Your page has two versions: a private draft that only you see while editing, and the live page that your visitors see. Knowing the difference is the key to editing with confidence.

The short version

Save Draft keeps your work private. Publish copies your draft to the live page. Nothing you do reaches visitors until you Publish.

The draft (your private working copy)

Everything you change in the editor lives in the draft until you publish it.

Save Draft

Press Save Draft to store your current work. It is private, so you can leave and come back and your changes will be waiting. Saving does not change the live page.

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The small arrow next to Save Draft opens the Draft Site menu:

Open Draft Preview

Opens a private preview of your draft in a new tab, so you can see the draft as a real page without publishing it.

Erase Local Draft

Clears everything in the editor. Reversible, as long as you do not save afterwards.

Revert To Live

Loads the current live version back into the editor, discarding your unsaved draft edits. Use it to undo a direction you no longer want.

Save as Template

Saves your current layout as a reusable template (when the template feature is available).

The live page (what visitors see)

Publish

Press Publish to copy your draft to the live page. You will be asked to confirm, because your draft becomes the version visible to everyone. This is the only action that changes what visitors see.

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The arrow next to Publish opens the Live Site menu:

Maintenance Mode

A toggle that takes your live page offline to the public without deleting anything. Turn it back off to make the page public again.

Copy Page Link

Copies your public page address to the clipboard so you can share it.

View Site

Opens your live public page in a new tab, exactly as visitors see it.

A simple workflow

Edit and save

Make your changes, then Save Draft as you go.

Preview privately

Use Open Draft Preview to check the draft as a real page.

Publish when ready

Press Publish to push the draft live, then View Site to confirm.

Changed your mind after editing for a while? Revert To Live brings back the published version so you can start again from what is currently public.