Publish your site and restore versions
Push your visual-builder draft live in one click, and roll back to any previous version.
The visual builder holds your edits as a draft. Nothing goes live until you click Publish — then your whole storefront updates at once, layout included. Every Publish is saved, so you can roll back later.
How the draft works
The builder never auto-saves to your live site. As you edit:
- Colors, text, and the announcement bar preview instantly in the builder.
- A layout change previews too (the preview reloads into the new layout), but only reaches your live site on Publish.
- A status chip shows Unpublished changes (amber dot) or All changes published (checkmark).
Your draft is saved in this browser as you work. If you close or refresh the builder and come back, you'll see "Restored your unsaved changes" and pick up where you left off. Use the Discard action in that prompt if you don't want them.
The draft is saved only in this browser — not on a different device or browser, and never on the live site until you Publish. If you try to leave the builder with unpublished changes, your browser warns you first.
Publish your changes
- Open Website → Open visual builder.
- Make your edits — click any highlighted section to edit hero copy, colors, the announcement bar, layout, and more.
- Check the chip in the toolbar reads Unpublished changes.
- Click Publish. The button shows Publishing… while it works.
- You'll see "Your changes are live", the chip flips to All changes published, and the preview reloads with the published result.
Publish replaces every builder-managed setting at once — theme, layout, colors, hero copy, About text, hours, announcement bar, social links, featured inventory, logo, and hero image. A field you've left blank publishes as empty. Settings the builder doesn't own — your favicon, custom domain, and location contact details — are left untouched.
Throw away a draft
Click Discard to drop all unpublished edits and snap back to what's currently live. Discard is only available while you have unpublished changes.
Restore a previous version
Every Publish saves a version. Your most recent versions are listed on the Website page, under Advanced.
- Go to Website and scroll down to the Advanced section (near the bottom of the page), then look at the Version history card.
- Find the Version history card. The newest version is badged Current and marked Live.
- Each row shows when it was published, plus its theme and layout.
- Click Restore on the version you want (the row shows Restoring… while it works).
- Confirm the prompt. You'll see "Version restored" and your live site updates.
Restoring is non-destructive. It re-publishes the old version as a new entry at the top of the history, so the version you restored from is still there — you can roll forward again the same way.
Restore brings back that version's logo and hero image too. Unlike Publish, a restore never deletes old images — they're kept on purpose so a rollback never points at a missing picture.
If a publish is blocked
If someone else (a teammate, or another open tab) published since you opened the builder, your Publish is rejected with a message that the live site was published by someone else. Reload the builder to pull in their changes, re-apply yours, then Publish again. This prevents a stale draft from silently wiping out newer work.
Force a refresh
Published changes purge your live site's cache automatically. If your live site ever looks stale, use the Refresh live site button at the top of the Website page to force-rebuild the public cache.
FAQ
Does my site change as I type in the builder?
No. Edits stay in your draft and only preview in the builder. Your public storefront updates when you click Publish.
Why didn't my new layout show until I published?
Layouts are part of the page structure, so the live site swaps to a new layout only on Publish. You can still preview the layout inside the builder before publishing — colors and text preview live, and the layout previews when you pick it.
Who can publish or restore?
An Owner or a Manager. Other team members (such as salespeople) can open the builder and edit a draft, but can't push changes live or restore a version. This works on all plans.
Will restoring an old version delete my newer work?
No. Restore re-publishes the old version as a new entry, and your other versions stay in the list. You can roll back and forward between them freely.
How many versions are kept?
The Version history card shows your most recent 12 published versions.
I published but the live site still looks old. What now?
Give it a moment — publishing purges the cache automatically. If it still looks stale, click Refresh live site on the Website page to force the public cache to rebuild.