Once you’ve planned your event and designed your website, you’re ready to make it available to attendees. Zoho Backstage lets you preview your website before publishing, update it at any time, change its URL when needed, and take it offline after your event.

Previewing Your Event Website

Preview your website before publishing it to see how it will appear to attendees on desktop and mobile devices.

1. Navigate to Design > Website from the Dock.
2. Click Preview in the upper-right corner.
   
3. The website opens in a new tab
   
4. Use the desktop and mobile preview options to review your website experience before publishing.
   

Tip: Share the preview URL with event team members to collect feedback before making the website live.

Previewing Changes

After your website is published, you can continue making changes and preview them before updating the live website.

1. Make the required changes to your website.
2. Click Preview in the upper-right corner.

The preview displays the latest unpublished version of your website without affecting the live website.

Publishing Your Event Website 

Publishing makes your event website accessible to participants and allows them to register and participate in your event.

1. Click Publish in the upper-right corner.
2. Enter the website URL for your event.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Publish.

After publishing, a confirmation message displays your live website URL. You can copy the URL or use the available sharing options to promote your event.

Publishing changes your event status from Draft to Live and makes the website accessible to participants.

Republishing Website Updates

If you make changes after publishing, such as updating event information, speakers, sessions, tickets, or website content, you’ll need to republish the website to make those changes visible to attendees.

1. Make the required updates.
2. Click Republish in the upper-right corner.
3. Click Publish. 
   
   
   

Your latest changes will immediately be reflected on the live website.

Note: When unpublished changes exist, Zoho Backstage displays a notification indicating that your website has pending updates.

Changing Your Event Website URL

You can change the URL of a published website without unpublishing the event.

1. Click the dropdown beside Republish.
2. Click Edit URL.
3. Review the information displayed in the warning dialog.
4. Click Proceed.
5. Enter the new website URL.
6. Click Update URL & Republish.

When you change the website URL:

• Attendees receive an email notifying them about the updated URL.
• The previous URL becomes inaccessible.
• Previously shared or promoted links are not updated automatically.
  

Website Status

Click the dropdown beside Republish to view website details, including:

• Current website URL
• Publishing status
• Last published date
• Pending unpublished changes

You can also:

• Preview the website
• Republish changes
• Edit the website URL
• Unpublish the website

Unpublish Your Event Website 

You can take your website offline at any time.

1. Click the dropdown beside Republish.
2. Click Unpublish.
3. Click Unpublish again to confirm.

Unpublishing the website:

• Prevents attendees from accessing the website.
• Stops new registrations through the website.
• Makes the website unavailable until it is published again.
  

Your event data remains available in Zoho Backstage and can be republished whenever required.