Publishing a specific page

Control which individual pages are live on your website while keeping others hidden until you're ready.

Some websites let you publish individual pages separately. This means your site can be live, but certain pages stay hidden until you're ready to publish them!

What this feature does

Publish pages independently. Some pages are live, others aren't.

Control rollout. Launch your home page, then add more pages later.

Hide work in progress. Keep building new pages without guests seeing unfinished content.

Staged release. Reveal information gradually.

How to publish a specific page

  1. Go to Site in your main navigation
  2. Find the Pages section
  3. Click on the page you want to publish
  4. Look for a Publish toggle or button (often in the page settings)
  5. Turn it on or click Publish
  6. Click Save changes

That page becomes visible while others stay hidden!

When to use this

Building gradually. Start with a home page, add travel info later, add registry even later.

Information isn't ready. You know you'll have a "Wedding Party" page but haven't written it yet.

Timing information. Don't publish your reception address until you're ready to share it.

Controlling the narrative. Reveal details in the order you choose.

What guests see

Published pages: Show in navigation and can be visited.

Unpublished pages: Don't appear in navigation. If someone tries the URL directly, they get an error.

This keeps your site clean while you work on new content!

Site-wide publish vs. per-page publish

Site-wide publish: Controls whether the entire site is live.

Per-page publish: Controls individual pages (only available if your site is published).

You need the site published first, then you can control individual pages!

Building your site in stages

Stage 1: Publish just your home page with basic info.

Stage 2: Add and publish your Events page when you've finalized details.

Stage 3: Publish Travel page once hotel blocks are set up.

Stage 4: Publish RSVP page when you're ready for responses.

This approach prevents guests from seeing "Coming Soon" placeholders everywhere!

Unpublishing a specific page

Need to take a page down temporarily?

  1. Edit the page
  2. Turn off the publish toggle
  3. Save

The page disappears from your site but isn't deleted!

Alternative approaches

If per-page publishing isn't available:

Use privacy settings. Make pages private until you're ready.

Don't link to them. Build pages but don't add them to navigation yet.

Use placeholder sections. Add sections saying "More details coming soon!"

Tips for page-by-page publishing

Start with home. Always have at least a landing page live.

Publish key pages early. RSVP, Events, and Travel are usually high-priority.

Communicate. If guests ask about missing info, you can say "We're still working on that page!"

Don't overthink it. It's fine to publish everything at once if you're ready.

Impact on navigation

Unpublished pages don't show in your navigation menu. But keep in mind that publishing a page alone doesn't guarantee it appears in the menu. You also need to check the box for that page in Site settings > Menu > Navigation links. If you publish a page and it still doesn't appear in the menu, that's the place to check!

Work without pressure

The beauty of per-page publishing is you can work on pages without the pressure of guests seeing half-finished content. Take your time, get it right, then publish!

Testing unpublished pages

You (the site owner) can usually view unpublished pages when you're logged in. This lets you preview how they'll look before making them live!

Publishing pages individually gives you fine-grained control over what guests see and when they see it!