Publishing or discarding template changes

On a publish-protected template, your edits stay private until you act on them. This article shows how to Publish changes so renders pick them up, or Discard them to roll back to the published version.

Publish your changes

1. Make and check your edits in the template editor. The Unpublished changes pill in the header confirms your working copy differs from what's live.
2. Click Publish — it's in the editor header and also on the amber warning banner. The button is only enabled when there's something to publish.
3. Templified saves any pending edits first, then replaces the published snapshot with your current working copy. A message confirms: "Published — changes are now live."

From that moment, every render of the template uses the new snapshot. The header switches to Published — live.

Discard your changes

If an experiment didn't work out, click Discard (next to Publish — it appears only while you have unpublished changes). Your working copy reverts to the last published snapshot, and a message confirms: "Reverted to the published version."

Discard rolls your canvas back to what's currently live, so use it when you want to abandon the working copy entirely. If you only want to undo a recent step, use regular undo instead.

When to publish

Publish when the edits are finished and checked — not after every small change. A good rhythm:

1. Make all related edits in one sitting.
2. Review the result on the editor canvas (the canvas always shows your working copy).
3. Click Publish once, then spot-check a fresh render of a design if the change is critical.

Editing safely mid-event

Publish protection is built exactly for the mid-event scenario: orders are rendering from your template right now, and you've spotted something to fix.

• Open the template and make the fix calmly — incoming renders keep using the published snapshot the whole time.
• Don't rely on saving to ship the fix. The banner says it plainly: saving keeps changes private; they go live only when you Publish.
• When the fix is verified on canvas, hit Publish. Renders submitted after that use the corrected layout.
• Renders that were already produced aren't re-rendered — re-send those designs if they need the fix.

Related articles

• Publish protection: how it works
• Templates vs designs: what's the difference?
• Saving, autosave, and leaving the editor safely