# Publish

After this page you know what happens when you choose **Publish**, and what to do when it can't go ahead.

## Publish your changes

When your changes look right, choose **Publish** in the top bar. You see your changes listed in plain words. Choose **Publish** again, and you follow the steps:

**Saving · Checking · Publishing · Updating your site · Live**

- **Checking** makes sure your site still works with your changes, before anyone sees them.
- **Updating your site** usually takes a minute or two.
- **Live** means your visitors see it. **View page** takes you there.

Your builder gets an email with a picture of before and after.

## When part of it waits

If a change needs your builder's approval, the rest goes live and that part waits: you read **Waiting for approval**, with the reason. You hear back in **History** and in the top bar when your builder decides. See [When your builder needs to help](/docs/builder-help).

## When it can't go ahead

You'll read why, in plain words, and nothing goes live. The most common reasons:

- **Your site doesn't work properly with these changes.** Ask the assistant to fix it, then publish again.
- **Your builder changed something in the meantime.** Wait a moment and try again; their change comes into your draft.
- **You both changed the same text.** You choose which version to keep, then publish.
- **A change touches a part your builder manages.** Ask your builder, or undo that change.

## Not right after all?

You can always go back to an earlier version. See [History and Restore](/docs/history-and-restore).