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# How do I preview my site before visitors see it?

> The site preview shows drafts and members-only pages to staff as a member or as a public visitor, without changing the live site.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * The preview is for staff with the *website.edit* permission, opened from the admin side. There is no shareable preview link — anyone not signed in is sent to sign in, and other accounts are refused.
  * The preview shows **Draft** and **Members only** pages that visitors cannot see, so it is the place to check a page before you publish it.
  * Nothing you do in the preview changes the public site.
</Note>

Open **Website → General** and click **Preview whole site**. It opens in a new tab on your home page if you have set one, otherwise on the list of pages.

An amber banner at the top reads **Preview — not the live site**. Its controls:

* **Viewing as** shows whether you are seeing the site as **a signed-in member** or **a public visitor**; **Switch to public visitor** and **Switch to member** flip between them, which is how you check what a members-only page or menu item looks like to an outsider.
* **All pages** lists every club page with its status badge — **Published**, **Draft** or **Members only**.
* **Open live site** and **Back to dashboard**.

The banner also warns you about two situations. **Visitors get the built-in home page** appears when the page you chose as your front page is still a draft or is members-only — visitors keep seeing the built-in home page until you publish it. **Site not published** appears while the whole site is still unpublished.

Templates have their own preview with a **Trying a template** bar; see [How do I preview and switch templates?](/club/website/how-do-i-preview-and-switch-templates).

Search engines get their own view of your site: each club has its own `/robots.txt` and `/sitemap.xml` on its subdomain (and on a live custom domain). Indexing is allowed only once the site is published on the production platform — until then robots.txt tells search engines to stay out — and the sitemap lists only published, public pages.

**Related:** [How do I publish my site?](/club/website/how-do-i-publish-my-site) · [How do I create a club page?](/club/website/how-do-i-create-a-club-page) · [How do I preview and switch templates?](/club/website/how-do-i-preview-and-switch-templates)


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