# Publishing and version history

Editing never changes the live site. Your visitors see the last version you published until you publish again, and every published version is kept.

## Before you publish

- Use Click through to try every page and link as a visitor would.
- Check each page at phone width.
- Press Preview to open a private preview link, and send it to anyone who should take a look.
- Replace any placeholder text, phone numbers and email addresses.

## Publish

1. Press Publish at the top of the editor, or on the website’s Overview page.
2. The Publish dialog lists everything that is waiting: pages added, changed or removed, the design and settings, and products. Publish everything, or tick only what is ready; the rest waits in the draft.
3. When it is done, copy the address to share it, or open the live site.

> Tip: The label at the top of the editor tells you where you are: Draft (never published), Live, or Changes not live (you have edits that are not published yet).

## Publish products on their own

In Products, Publish products puts product, category, tag and attribute changes live without touching your pages, so a half-built page can wait. Prices, stock and offers are live as soon as they are saved and never wait for a publish.

## Publishing needs a licence

Each website goes live on its own licence. During the free trial you can build and preview the trial website; press Publish on a website without a licence and CubeSites shows you where to get one. People whose role cannot publish see a message asking them to ask an admin.

## Bring back an earlier version

1. Open the website, press the "More for this website" button (the three dots) and choose Version history.
2. Find the version you want and press Restore.
3. Confirm "Bring it back". That version replaces what is in the editor.
4. Check it, then publish. The live site does not change until you do.

> Tip: Restoring is safe to try: the version that was live is still in the history.

## Take a website offline

In the website’s Settings, "Take the website offline" replaces it with a holding page until you publish again. Nothing is deleted.

## Related guides

- [Connecting your own domain](https://cubesites.co.uk/guides/connect-your-domain)
- [Finding your way around the editor](https://cubesites.co.uk/guides/editor-tour)
- [Choosing a plan](https://cubesites.co.uk/guides/choosing-a-plan)

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