Publishing and unpublishing your site

Make your wedding website live for guests to visit, or unpublish it if you need to make major changes privately.

Publishing your site makes it accessible to anyone with your wedding URL. Until you publish, your site remains private and only you can see it.

Plan requirement: Any paid plan (Basic, Standard, or Pro). Publishing is not available on the free trial. When you're ready to publish, you'll be prompted to choose a plan.

Publishing your site

When you're ready for guests to visit your site:

  1. In the website builder, find the Publish site button at the top of the page
  2. Click Publish site

Your site is now live and accessible at your wedding URL.

What happens when you publish

After publishing:

  • The Publish site button changes to Site published
  • The notice "Your site is not published. Guests will not be able to visit your site until it is published." disappears from the preview
  • Anyone with your wedding URL can visit and view your site
  • Changes you make appear immediately on the live site

Unpublishing your site

If you need to take your site offline temporarily:

  1. Click the Site published button (or Site settings)
  2. Go to Publish settings
  3. Turn off the publish setting
  4. Click Save changes

Your site becomes private again. Guests who try to visit will see a message that the site is not published.

When to publish

Publish your site when:
- Your basic information is complete (names, date, location)
- You have at least some content on your homepage
- You're ready to share your URL with guests
- You want to send save-the-dates or invitations

Wait to publish if:
- You're still setting up your design
- Major sections are incomplete
- You haven't added essential information yet

Editing after publishing

You can continue editing your site after publishing. Changes appear immediately:

  • Add or remove sections
  • Update text and images
  • Change your design
  • Add new pages

Your guests will see updates right away, so preview changes before saving.

When to unpublish

Consider unpublishing temporarily if:

  • You're making major design changes
  • You need to remove sensitive information
  • You want to reorganize significant content
  • You're testing major updates

For small edits, you don't need to unpublish - just make changes and they'll appear on the live site.

Draft pages

You can publish your site while keeping specific pages as drafts:

  • Published site can still have unpublished (draft) pages
  • Guests won't see draft pages in your navigation
  • Useful for preparing content before making it public

Tips

Preview before publishing. Check both desktop and mobile views before making your site public.

You can always edit. Don't wait for perfection - publish when you have basic information, then improve over time.

Test with View site. Click View site before publishing to see exactly what guests will experience.

Unpublishing is temporary. If you unpublish to make changes, remember to republish when you're done.

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