Publishing
How a UOVA site goes from a draft in the editor to a live address, and where to manage its address, versions, visibility and removal.
For the complete documentation index, see llms.txt. This page is also available as Markdown.
A site you build is a draft until you publish it. Publishing copies the draft into a stored snapshot, and the live site serves that snapshot at https://<your-address>.uova.io. Publishing is available on every plan, including Free, and you must be signed in. Signed-out visitors to the editor see Sign in to publish.
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Later edits reach the live site when you select Update.
#What is true for every site
- The live site is a snapshot, not your working copy. Edits go live only when you press Update.
- The top-bar button reads Publish until the site has been published once, then Update.
- The dashboard marks each site Live or Draft by whether a published snapshot exists.
- Site HTML is not cached, but UOVA caches whether a page exists: a missing answer for 60 seconds and an existing answer for 5 minutes. A brand-new page can take up to about a minute to appear.
- UOVA does not send a confirmation email when you publish.
- Password protection is site-wide. In the dashboard, open Content & Memberships > Access, choose People with the password and set a password of 8 to 256 characters. It takes about a minute to apply, and locked sites are kept out of search. Page-level access is not available.
#Choose a guide
Publish your siteThe four-step wizard, from address to a live site.Your uova.io addressAddress rules, and why it is locked after the first publish.Versions and republishingWhat Update does, and how saved versions work.Unpublish or delete a siteTake a site offline, or remove it for good.Badge, search engines and abuse reportsThe Made in UOVA badge, indexing and the Report link.DomainsBuy or connect your own web address.
#Messages you may see when publishing
If a publish stops, the window shows Publish failed (or Update failed) with the reason, and two buttons: Try Again, which returns to the review step, and Cancel.
| Message | Meaning and what to do |
|---|---|
| "Your session isn't ready yet" | The editor has no signed-in session yet. The message tells you to refresh the page and try publishing again. |
| "This site was changed in another tab or device." | Another tab or device saved a newer copy. The message tells you to reload before you publish, so the older copy does not go live, and says your edit in this tab is kept in Version history. |
| "Your site is still loading" | The editor had no pages in memory and the saved copy could not be read yet. The message tells you to give it a moment and try Publish again. |
| Some media couldn't be uploaded to permanent storage, so the site is too large to publish. Re-add the affected image/video (it will upload properly this time) and publish again. | The payload is over about 3.5 MB and still holds raw base64 images or video. |
| Your <page> page still mentions <business>. Replace the template name before publishing. | Visible copy still names the template's showcase business (error TEMPLATE_BRAND_REMAINS). Change the copy. |
| Publish failed (CONTENT_POLICY) | A content check refused the site. The site stays unpublished. |
| Publish failed (UNKNOWN) | Shown for a refusal that carries no error code, for example when publishing is rate-limited to 10 requests per minute per IP address. Wait a minute and try again. |
| Publish failed (RESERVED_SLUG) | The address is one UOVA keeps for itself. See Your uova.io address. |