Publishing

Publish, test on staging and protect your site.

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How to publish your site

How to publish your site

In TeleportHQ, click Publish at the top right of the editor, keep Production selected, and click Publish to Production; a progress bar beside the button shows each step, and after a few minutes your site is live on a free TeleportHQ address that you can share.

How to change your free TeleportHQ web address

How to change your free TeleportHQ web address

In TeleportHQ, open Publish → Production, click the pencil (Edit URL) next to your TeleportHQ address right below Production, type a new name such as joes-garage, and click Continue and publish; the site is republished on the new address.

How to test changes on a staging site before going live

How to test changes on a staging site before going live

In TeleportHQ, open Publish → Staging and click Publish to Staging to put your changes on a private test address; when you are happy, go back to Production and click Make it live to serve that exact build on your live site without rebuilding.

How to password-protect your site

How to password-protect your site

On a TeleportHQ trial, or in any workspace without a paid subscription, every publish puts your site behind a 6-character password that you copy from Publish → Production → Password Protection and that stays until the workspace subscribes; on Pro or Premium the password is your choice, with Enable to add it and Remove to take it off.

How to publish a web app

How to publish a web app

You publish a TeleportHQ web app like a website, with Publish → Publish to Production; a web app not covered by a Web App slot can publish with a TeleportHQ watermark for 7 days, after which it needs a slot to stay online.

What should I check after publishing my site?

What should I check after publishing my site?

After each publish to Production, the TeleportHQ Publish window shows an "After publishing" line that lists what visitors of your live site would run into, such as broken links, empty pages or images without alt text, each with a button to where you fix it, a link to the Accessibility check, and a Check page loading speed button that shows which pages are slow on phones.

How to make your site installable as an app (PWA)

How to make your site installable as an app (PWA)

In TeleportHQ, open Publish, click the folded Installable app option, tick Make this site installable (PWA), adjust the app's name, icon, colors and install dialog with Customize app, then publish; visitors can add your site to their home screen, open it in its own window and reopen the pages they viewed offline.

How to take your site offline (Unpublish)

How to take your site offline (Unpublish)

In TeleportHQ, open Publish on Production, click Unpublish site at the bottom left of the window and confirm; your TeleportHQ address and your custom domain stop showing the site, staging and your deployments stay, and publishing again brings the site back.