Publish, restore and take your website offline

While you edit, your changes are a draft that only you can see. Publishing turns the draft into a numbered version that visitors see. Every version is kept, so you can go back.

Before you start

• You need the Organization settings permission. Owners have it. The default Manager role does not.
• Publishing, custom domains, forms and embeds need the Pro plan (Business includes it). Designing, previewing, saving drafts, restoring versions, changing the address and taking the site offline work on every plan.
• On Starter, the button that would publish reads Publishing needs Pro and leads to the plans. Website is not one of the Starter add-ons. See Plans and what they include.

Publish your website

1. 1Open Website and choose Edit website.
2. 2Check your work with Preview in the header. It shows the draft in a full-screen view and lets you switch between Phone, Tablet and Computer.
3. 3Choose Publish in the header.
4. 4Optionally write a note, such as "new summer menu". The note helps you recognise the version later.
5. 5Confirm with Publish. You see Published as version 3, with a link to view the site.

You can also publish from the Website page. The first time, choose Publish. When you have unpublished edits to a live site, the button reads Publish changes.

Visitors see the change right away. The menu, prices and opening hours update by themselves and do not need publishing.

Go back to an earlier version

1. 1In the editor choose Versions (the clock icon) in the header.
2. 2The list shows each version with its number and date, and marks the one that is Live.
3. 3Choose a version, then Restore.

Restoring copies that version into your draft. It does not change the live site. Visitors keep seeing the live version until you publish again. This lets you check the restored design before it goes live.

Take your website offline

Choose Take offline on the Website page. Visitors then see a "coming soon" page, and your QR codes keep working. Nothing is deleted. To bring the site back, choose Publish.

You can take the site offline on any plan, even after a downgrade.

What happens when you downgrade

If you move from Pro to Starter, your site goes offline. Nothing is deleted: the design, the versions and your verified domains stay saved. The page tells you so, and the site comes back when you return to Pro. Custom domains stay in the list but are not served until then.

Change your web address

Every website has a free address: your-name.verimly.com.

1. 1Open Website, then More › Change address.
2. 2Type the new name. Use 3 to 40 lowercase letters (a to z), digits and single dashes, with no dash at the start or end.
3. 3When the check says the address is available, choose Change address.

The old address keeps redirecting to the new one. Old addresses lists them. Some names are reserved for Verimly, such as admin or shop. If you see "This name is already taken", another business has it.

Want your own address, such as www.mypizza.com? See Connect your own domain.

Common questions

I published, but visitors see the old site

Visitors see the live version. Check Versions: the version marked Live should be the latest. If your site is behind your own domain, check the domain status under Domain.

Do forms and the order button work before I publish?

No. The live site is what visitors use, and forms are accepted only from a published site, see Add a form to your website.

If something goes wrong

• Publish does nothing, with a Pro message: your plan does not include the website. Upgrade under Settings › Plan & billing.
• The site shows "coming soon": it is offline, or your plan no longer includes the website.
• A highlighted-fields notice stops you: a value is not valid. Fix the marked fields, for example links need https://.