Publishing Your Page
Leenkies uses a deliberate draft-to-live workflow that gives you full control over what visitors see and when they see it. This guide explains how the workflow works in detail, how to publish and unpublish your pages, how to preview changes before going live, and what happens behind the scenes with your content and images.
Draft vs live explained
Every page in Leenkies has two versions that exist simultaneously:
- Draft -- Your working version. This is what you see and edit in the page editor. Every change you make -- adding blocks, editing content, rearranging elements, changing themes -- is saved to the draft. Visitors never see the draft. It is your private workspace.
- Live -- The published version. This is what visitors see when they navigate to your page URL. The live version only changes when you explicitly publish your draft.
This separation is fundamental to how Leenkies works. It means you can take as long as you need to build, revise, and perfect your page without worrying about visitors seeing half-finished work. You can make sweeping changes, experiment with new layouts, or rewrite entire sections -- all while your existing live page continues to serve visitors normally.
What gets saved to the draft
When you work in the page editor, the following changes are saved to your draft:
- Adding, removing, or reordering blocks.
- Editing block content (link titles, text, FAQ answers, testimonial quotes, etc.).
- Changing block settings (styles, layouts, appearance options).
- Modifying theme settings (colors, fonts, styling).
- Uploading new images for blocks.
All of these changes accumulate in the draft until you publish.
What does NOT follow the draft workflow
Header and Footer blocks are exceptions. Because they are global components that appear on every page, changes to the Header and Footer are published immediately when you click "Save and Publish." This ensures your identity and navigation stay consistent across all pages without requiring you to publish each page individually.
How to publish
When your draft is ready to go live, publishing is straightforward:
- Open the page editor for the page you want to publish.
- Review your changes by scrolling through the canvas and checking that everything looks correct.
- Click the Publish button at the top of the editor.
Once published, the draft is promoted to become the new live version. Visitors will immediately see the updated page at your public URL.
Publish button at the top of the page editor
After publishing, your draft and live versions are identical. Any new changes you make from this point forward create a new draft that diverges from the live version until you publish again.
Previewing your page
Before committing to a publish, you should preview your page to see exactly what visitors will experience. The preview renders your page using the current draft state, including all unpublished changes.
On mobile, a dedicated preview button is available in the editor. Tapping it opens a full preview of your page as visitors would see it, complete with your theme, block layouts, and content.
Preview button and preview mode showing the page as visitors will see it
Use the preview to check:
- Content accuracy -- Are all titles, descriptions, and links correct?
- Visual consistency -- Do blocks look good together with your chosen theme?
- Layout flow -- Is the order of blocks logical and does the page tell a coherent story from top to bottom?
- Image quality -- Do uploaded images display at the right size and quality?
Pro Tip: Preview your page on both desktop and mobile before publishing. Leenkies pages are responsive, but it is always worth verifying that your layout looks good on different screen sizes. Pay special attention to how grid layouts, carousels, and images adapt.
What visitors see: public URLs
Once a page is published, it is accessible at its public URL:
| Page Type | Public URL |
|---|---|
| Home | leenkies.com/username |
| About | leenkies.com/username/about |
| Shop | leenkies.com/username/shop |
| Portfolio | leenkies.com/username/portfolio |
The Header and Footer appear on every active page, providing consistent navigation and branding. Visitors can navigate between your pages using the links you provide.
If a page has never been published, its URL returns a "not found" response. Visitors cannot access draft-only pages.
Unpublishing a page
If you want to take a page offline without deleting it, you can unpublish it from the page editor. Unpublishing removes the live version so visitors can no longer access the page at its URL, but your draft is fully preserved. All blocks, content, images, and settings remain exactly as you left them.
This is useful in several scenarios:
- Seasonal content -- Unpublish a holiday-themed shop page after the season ends, then re-publish it next year with updates.
- Under construction -- Take a page offline while you make significant changes, then publish when it is ready.
- Testing -- Publish a page to check how it looks live, then unpublish if you need more time to refine it.
To re-publish an unpublished page, simply open the editor, make any final adjustments, and click Publish again.
How images follow the draft workflow
Images on your page follow the same draft-to-live workflow as the rest of your content:
- When you upload an image in the editor, it is saved to your draft. Visitors cannot see it yet.
- When you publish, the image becomes part of the live page and is visible to visitors.
This means uploading an image does not make it public immediately. It only goes live when you publish the page.
Header and Footer images work differently. Because changes to those blocks are applied immediately, any image you upload there becomes visible to visitors as soon as you click "Save and Publish."
When you replace or remove an image, the old image is cleaned up automatically. You do not need to manage this yourself.
Pro Tip: Before publishing a major update, create a quick mental checklist: (1) Preview the page, (2) Check all links for correctness, (3) Verify images load properly, (4) Read through all text for typos. Publishing is instant and visitors see changes immediately, so a quick review saves you from publishing mistakes.