> ## Knowledge Base Index > Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.dorik.com/sitemap.xml > Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further. > Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash). # Site Draft & Publish # Getting Started This documentation will guide you through the process required to **Draft & Publish** your site i.e. how you can save your website as a draft & publish it. --- # Draft Site A draft site is a website that is not published yet. When you click on the `Save` button in the top navigation, it saves the changes as a draft. You can save both Classic & CMS sites as a draft. ![Dorik Draft Site](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screen-shot-2025-02-26-at-4590_19e3ec2.png) --- # Published Site When you publish a website it goes live with an URL (Subdomain or Custom Domain). The published website can be accessed with the URL by anyone. **To publish a website for the first time in CMS, follow the steps below —** - Click on the `Publish` button on the top navigation. - The Publish modal will appear - Enter the **Project Name** & set the **Site URL** as a custom domain or subdomain - Enter the **Domain Name** & press **Publish Site** - To visit the site, click on the button right next to `Publish` __The **Images** below show the whole process being demonstrated visually ⬇️__ 1. Click on the `Publish` button on the top navigation. ![Publish Button](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screen-shot-2025-02-26-at-5015_1fh62y5.png) 2. The Publish modal will appear as shown below: 3. Enter the **Project Name** & set the **Site URL** as a custom domain or subdomain 4. Enter the **Domain Name** & press `Publish Site` ![Publish Site Modal](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screen-shot-2025-02-26-at-5041_ik62f4.png) 5. To visit the site, first click on the `Publish` button, and then click on the icon next to the `Domain` ![View published site](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screen-shot-2025-02-26-at-5062_ko6vgu.png) --- # Saving changes as a draft in the Published Site When you edit/make changes to a published website in Classic or CMS. If you click `Save` then the changes will be saved as a draft and won't be updated on the live site. To update the live website you have to click `Publish`. --- # Saving Pages as a draft with Dorik CMS If you don’t want to publish any specific page of your website & save it as a draft only, you can do it with Dorik CMS. **Follow all the steps below to learn how to save pages as a draft in Dorik CMS —** - Go to **Design & Pages** under Styles and Settings in your CMS dashboard - When redirected to your website builder, click on 📑 **Pages** from the upper left corner of your website builder - After clicking **Pages,** a sidebar will appear - Select the **Page** you want to save as a draft - Click on the **dropdown arrow** from the right-side panel of the **Page** box - Uncheck the `Published` option & your page will be saved as a draft || 💡Drafting a page is the same as 'unpublishing' a page __The **Images** below show the whole process being demonstrated visually ⬇️__ 1. Go to **Design & Pages** under Styles and Settings in your CMS dashboard 2. When redirected to your website builder, click on 📑 **Pages** from the upper left corner of your website builder ![Pages](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screen-shot-2025-02-26-at-5132_1xhd3cn.png) 3. After clicking **Pages,** the following sidebar will appear: ![Unpublish a page](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/screen-shot-2025-02-26-at-5154_d7jz27.png) 4. Select the **Page** you want to save as a draft 5. Click on the dropdown arrow from the right-side panel of the **Page** box 6. Uncheck the **`Published`** option & your page will be saved as a draft || 💡 However, the above-mentioned **Published** option is only for the **Dorik CMS** site. --- **To see the whole process at a glance, refer to the video below ⬇️ ** ![Dorik Draft Page](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cf1fc9cc00911000/gif-recording-2025-02-26-at-51_bd15xn.gif) --- # Related Article [Pages](/en/article/pages-nn47vl/) [Adding Multiple Pages to your website](/en/article/adding-multiple-pages-to-your-website-kzzos1/)