Live pages are frozen#
Buyers see the snapshot stored at publish. Editing and saving the brief never changes a live page; neither does a code deploy. Three actions change what buyers see. None of them touches DigitalOcean or DNS, and each takes effect immediately.
| Action | Where | Available when | What happens | Use it when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pause | Header | Live | Status → paused. The page shows "Not available right now"; the form and visit beacon are refused. | You need to stop traffic briefly (a pricing problem, a partner request) |
| Resume | Header | Paused | Status → live. The same snapshot is served again — brief edits made while paused do not appear. | The pause is over and the page is unchanged |
| Republish… | ··· menu | Live, with a reason | The current brief is rendered into a new snapshot (version 2, 3… with the current template and your reason), a page change event is recorded with the reason, and the new page is served at once. | The offer itself must change mid-test, or you want the page in the current design |
Toasts: "Paused · page shows 'Not available right now'", "Resumed · same snapshot served", "Republished · page-change event recorded".
Republishing#
- Edit the brief and Save brief. The live page does not change yet.
- On the experiment, open ··· → Republish…. A dialog shows the new snapshot number.
- Type the reason (required — it is recorded, e.g. "Clearer headline; price corrected") and click Republish.
- Check the page on its subdomain. The Activity timeline shows the page change event on that date, so the evidence before and after can be read separately.
Republish needs the page content to be complete (buyer, offer, price, call to action) but does not re-check the decision date, so you can still fix a live test that has run past its date. The product name cannot change after publishing.
Moving a page to the new design#
Pages keep the template they were published with (v1 before the Meridian design, v2 before the conversion layout). Republishing renders the current brief with the current template (v3), so it also brings the page into the new design and adds any new fields you have filled (button label, What you get, testimonials, image…). Give a reason such as "Design refresh". Remember that this adds a page change event to that test's evidence.
Experiment 000 has none of these actions. To take a page down for good, close it instead (Close and export).