Publishing and domains
Publish when you’re ready.
Hosting and SSL are included. Check your Pages, menu and search details, then publish to a Paazaa address or connect a domain you own on Starter.
Start a WebsitePage routes and Menu links work together. Check both before sharing your Website.
Good things start here.
An introduction to the studio, its work and its people.
Illustrative saved-Page previews. Selecting a Page here does not publish or change any Website.
When you’ll use publishing
Before you share
- Save the draftInclude the content and images it uses.
- Review the PageCheck how it looks, its links and who can see it.
- PublishPublish from the Page’s editor when it’s ready.
Know which version visitors can see.
Saving keeps your changes in a draft. Visitors see them only after you publish, and the Page settings show whether there are unpublished changes.
| Situation | Your next step | Public result |
|---|---|---|
| A new saved draft | Preview its layout, content and links, then publish. | The Page goes live at its address, for the visitors its access settings allow. |
| A published Page with changes | Save your changes, review them and publish the update. | Visitors see the update. Saving a draft alone doesn’t change the live Page. |
| A Page you want to take down | Unpublish the Page and review Menu links. | Visitors can no longer see it. You can still edit its draft. |
Before choosing Publish
- Save Page settings first. You can’t publish with unsaved settings.
- Check which Page is Home and each Page’s address. Home opens at
/. To change that, make another Page Home. - Open the preview and test the menus, images and CMS content.
- If a Page is only for some visitors, check its sign-in settings.
Choose the address people will use.
Keep the included Paazaa address, or connect a domain you own on the Starter plan.
- 1Add your domain
Enter the domain in Website settings.
- 2Set the DNS records
Copy the values Paazaa gives you into your registrar.
- 3Verify the connection
Check the results and choose your main address.
Connect a domain like example.com or a subdomain like shop.example.com, exactly as visitors will type it. Copy the DNS values into your registrar, wait for the change to take effect and choose Verify domain. Once it’s verified, you can make it your main address. Use Test connection to check that it shows your Website. Adding the records at your registrar doesn’t mean the address is live yet.
You buy and renew the domain with your registrar. Check plan access or follow the domain setup guides.
Journal — Studio North
Notes, projects and ideas from the studio.
Check the Page’s search title and description.
Set what people will find.
- Address
- Choose the Page address, pick your Home Page and keep Menu links up to date. Changing an address doesn’t fix old links to it.
- Search
- Use the search settings to point search engines to another Page or to keep a Page out of search results.
- Sharing
- Choose the social image and review the title and description.
- Access
- Check who needs to sign in and whether the Page is public.
A Website is more than a published Page.
- PagesSave, preview, publish—or unpublish when no longer public.
- CMSPublish the Entries that appear on your Pages.
- ThemePreview the design and make it live.
- FormsTurn it on, then send a test response.
Does Composer make these changes live?
Not by itself. A Composer edit saves the same way as an edit you make yourself. Saving doesn’t publish a Page, activate a Theme or turn on a Form. Replacing a Media file is different: it can change live Pages right away. Publish from the Page, Theme or Form itself.