Edit and publish your church website

You can start with your welcome, service information and a way to get in touch. Add other pages and tools as your church needs them.

Before you start

Website editing is available on every plan. Sign in to the correct church with an admin account or a role allowed to edit the website. If your church is not set up yet, follow the Quick Start Guide first. A desktop or laptop gives you more room to edit; the published site also works on phones.

Make your first change

Open Edit Website

In your church admin navigation, choose Edit Website under Website. Your site opens with a toolbar containing the page name, Site design, Publish and Done. You can also open the public site menu, choose Manage, then Edit Website.

Change a small piece of content

Click editable text on the page, type your change, then click outside it to finish. Try your welcome message first. The editor shows the change as you work. For photos, team details and announcements, use Update your website content. To change the arrangement, see Choose a website layout.

Save your draft

Click Save draft. Wait for the button to read Saved. Visitors still see the previously published version. A saved draft gives you a place to continue editing later.

Save draft keeps page edits private. Publish is the separate action that makes them visible to visitors.

Note

This draft workflow covers page content. Settings such as brand colors, page visibility and connected events can save separately. Read the confirmation for the setting you are changing.

Publish and check the result

Publish the page you are editing

Check the page name in the toolbar. Choose Publish and read the confirmation. If Hubl flags sample content, replace it with your church’s information before sharing the site. Confirm when you are ready.

Publishing makes the current page’s changes live. Check any warnings before confirming.

Check as a visitor

Open your public page in a private browser window where you are signed out. Check your changed text, service details and links. Check the page on a phone too. Saved in the editor alone does not mean a draft has been published.

Events and service schedules are connected to the rest of Hubl. You do not need to type them again into a separate website. See Show events, giving and services on your website. To use an address your church owns, follow Connect your own web address.

Continue later or recover a version

Choose Done to leave the editor. If you have unsaved page changes, you can stay, discard them, or save a draft before leaving. On a narrow screen, some toolbar controls are icons and Help is inside More.

Open More → Version history to inspect earlier saves. Restoring loads a version into the editor; review it before saving or publishing. If something is missing from the public site, follow My website changes are not showing.