# Publish your site

> Preview your draft, publish it for everyone, hide it again, and go back to an earlier version of your Launchfolio site.

https://www.launchfolio.live/docs/en/publish-your-site · 2026-10-03

What you edit is a draft. Publishing copies it to your live site, the one visitors see.

## Look at it first

Press **Preview** (the eye at the top of your dashboard or the editor). Your draft opens in a new tab under a banner that says **Preview — this is your draft. Visitors can’t see changes until you publish.** Only you and the administrator can open it. It works before you pay, too.

## Publish

1. **Press **Publish** at the top** — It’s at the top of your dashboard and of the editor. Anything not saved yet is saved first.
2. **You see **Your portfolio is live!**** — Everyone with the link can now see your latest changes.

*The label next to your site’s name in the editor.*
| Label | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| **Not published yet** | Nobody can see your site yet. |
| **Unpublished changes** | Your site is live, but your newest edits aren’t on it yet. |
| **Live** | Visitors see exactly what you see. |

> **Publish shows a crown or a lock?:** A **crown** means your site isn’t paid for yet. Pressing it opens checkout in a new tab. A **lock** means you’ve paid and your site is being reviewed: it comes off once it’s approved. See [Pay to publish](https://www.launchfolio.live/docs/en/pay-and-review).

Publishing from the editor updates your content and keeps whichever layout is live. To publish a design, use **Publish this design** in the Designer.

## Hide your site again

1. **Press **Unpublish (hide my page)**** — The eye with a line through it, just before **Publish** at the top. On a phone or small screen it’s in **More** (⋯).
2. **Confirm** — Visitors see a “coming soon” page until you publish again. Your content stays safe in the editor.

## Go back to an earlier version

Every publish keeps a version of your whole site: your content, your design and which layout showed. Find them in **Version history**, in your dashboard’s sidebar (the Designer has the same list behind its clock button). Your first version is always kept, plus the 10 newest and the one that’s live.

| Action | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Preview** | See that version exactly as it went live. |
| **Put this version live** | Your site goes back to exactly that version: its content, design and layout. Your draft stays as it is. |
| **Edit from here** | Makes that version your draft, content and design, so you can change it. Your live site doesn’t change. |
| **Rename** and **Delete** | Give a version a name you’ll remember, or remove it. The live version can’t be deleted. |

## Share your address

Your link is on the **Dashboard**, in the **Share** card: copy it, or press **Download QR code** for a business card or poster. **View live site**, at the bottom of the dashboard’s sidebar, opens your live site. In the editor, once your site is live, **View live site** (the arrow leaving a box, next to the eye) opens it too. On a phone or small screen, the editor puts **Copy link**, **View live site** and **Preview** into **More** (⋯).

With more than one site, press the site in your dashboard’s header to pick another. See [Add another site](https://www.launchfolio.live/docs/en/more-sites#switch-sites).

## Once your site is live

- [Share your site as a template](https://www.launchfolio.live/docs/en/share-as-template): Offer your live site to the template gallery.
- [Add another site](https://www.launchfolio.live/docs/en/more-sites): Book a second address on the same account.
- [Billing and renewals](https://www.launchfolio.live/docs/en/billing-and-renewals): Renew each year to keep your site live.