Publishing
Preview your site at desktop, tablet, and mobile sizes, then publish it to a live conference URL from the Publish tab. Unpublish any time to take it offline while you keep editing.
Purpose
A site you're building stays in draft (visible only to you in preview) until you publish it. This page covers checking the site in Preview and taking it live (or back offline) from the Publish tab.
When you use it
Preview throughout building; publish when the site is ready for the public; and unpublish if you need to pull it back for major changes.
Walkthrough
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Preview. On the Preview tab, view the full site at desktop, tablet, and mobile widths, and switch between pages from the page selector. Use Open in new tab to see it as a visitor would.
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Publish. On the Publish tab, click Publish. The site goes live at your conference's public URL (
/c/your-conference-slug, with sub-pages under it for multi-page sites). - 3
Unpublish if needed. Click Unpublish to take the site offline. It stays fully editable and you can republish whenever you're ready.
Tips
While a site is in draft, only you (in the builder's preview) can see it; the public URL isn't serving it yet. Publishing is the switch that makes it visible to everyone.
Most conference visitors arrive on a phone. Use the mobile width in Preview to confirm your hero, dates, and navigation read well on a small screen before you go live.
Publishing controls the website itself, but a conference's overall status governs its public presence too. The Dashboard's Conference Status card shows whether the conference reads as public or preview-only. See the console Website tab.