> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stage.systems/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Publishing
> Publish makes your changes live. What that means for pages, articles and forms, and what to do when it fails.
## Pages
Press **Publish**. It asks once (**Publish now?**), then saves your changes and rebuilds the site.
| The button reads | Meaning |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Publishing** | Saving and asking the site to rebuild |
| **Live** | The rebuild has started. A full rebuild reaches visitors in a minute or two. Sites set up for instant refresh update in seconds |
| **Failed** | Something stopped it. The reason is beside the button. See [Troubleshooting](/getting-started/troubleshooting#publish-says-failed) |
Publish is always available, even with nothing changed, in case you just want the site rebuilt.
## Articles and forms
These save as you write. Nothing shows on the site until you make the article **Public** and press Publish. A published article you keep editing does not change on the site until you publish again.
Give an article a future date before publishing and it is **Scheduled**: it goes live at that time, within a few minutes, with no one at the keyboard. See [Articles and the blog](/editing/articles).
## Page settings
The cog in the bar opens the page's title, description and social image. Saving these publishes too.
## Next steps
Publish failed, change not showing, someone else saved first.
Private, public, scheduled.