# Capable Sites

When a Confluence space is published as a website, its diagrams are published with it: rendered properly, sized by the same display settings, and with links inside diagrams still working.

That last part is the reason to publish rather than export. A PDF flattens a clickable diagram; a site does not.

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## When this matters

* Public documentation built from Confluence content.
* Customer-facing knowledge bases with architecture or process diagrams.
* Any site where readers will never have Confluence accounts.

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## The detail

| **Thing**        | **What happens**                                                     |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Rendering        | Diagrams are published as part of the page, not as flat screenshots. |
| Links            | Clickable areas inside a diagram keep working on the published site. |
| Display settings | Space display mode, sizing and dark mode carry over.                 |
| Readers          | Site visitors are anonymous, so stored previews are what they see.   |

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## A few things that catch people out

* Site readers are anonymous readers. Everything on that page applies here too.
* Dark mode on a published site follows the site theme, which is why space dark mode settings matter.
* Diagrams that link to Confluence pages will link to the published equivalents. See [Guides](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/guides.html).

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## Related

[Diagrams in JiraThe same editors, on issues.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/diagrams-in-jira.html)

[Capable SearchFinding pages by the diagrams on them.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/capable-search.html)

[ExamplesWorking diagrams you can copy.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/examples.html)

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_It works better next to the rest of Capable._