Before you start #
Availability and permissions
- Website publishing permission, an eligible active plan and passing publication checks. Stores have separate selling-readiness gates.
Have these ready
- Check content, licensed images, phone/email, links and mobile layout.
What to do #
- Save your changes in Your website or Save draft in Studio. Wait for a successful saved state.
- Open the draft preview and inspect every page at desktop and phone sizes. The preview may include changes visitors cannot see yet.
- Finish your own final check in Review & publish. Continue to publishing opens Studio; Ask Keystone to review (optional) sends a separate request if you want assistance.
- Choose Publish website for the first publication or the available Update live site action for later saved changes. Read and confirm the dialog.
- Wait for success, then open the displayed live address in a private browser tab. Compare the changed text, imagery and links.
- Return to the dashboard and confirm the publication status. If it reports unpublished changes, review what was saved after the last publication.
What to know #
Keystone review is optional. It is not a prerequisite for ordinary self-service website publication.
Domain activation, search indexing and accepting real store payments are separate decisions. A public sandbox storefront still takes test payments only.
What success looks like #
The live address shows the intended saved version and HIVE no longer reports those edits as unpublished.
If something goes wrong #
- Cannot publish? Read the specific plan, entitlement, export, permission or revision error. A failed update must not be treated as success.
- Still seeing old content? Follow Changes not appearing before republishing repeatedly.
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