Onboarding: Publish Website

Overview

Publishing takes the website you built in Create a Website from draft to live, making it accessible at your OnePilot subdomain or connected custom domain.

Why it exists

Building pages is only useful once they're actually visible to customers. This step exists as a clear, deliberate final check before anything goes public.

Benefits

• One click to go from draft to live — no separate hosting or deployment setup required.
• You can keep editing and republish anytime after the first publish.
• Works immediately on your subdomain, and automatically on your custom domain once connected.

Step-by-step guide

1. Open your site in the Website Builder and review every page one final time.
2. Click Publish.
3. Visit the live URL to confirm everything looks correct.
4. Make any further edits and click Publish again anytime — changes don't go live until you do.

Tips

• Check your site on a phone screen before publishing — most visitors will see it on mobile first.
• Double-check contact information (phone, address, hours) one last time before publishing — it's the most common gap customers notice.

Best Practices

• Bookmark or share the live URL with a colleague for a second set of eyes before considering it fully done.

Common Mistakes

• Forgetting to republish after making edits. Edits are saved as drafts until you click Publish again — a common source of "I fixed that already" confusion.

Troubleshooting

If your published site doesn't reflect a recent edit, confirm you clicked Publish (not just Save) after making the change.

Frequently Asked Questions

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