Publish Confluence edits to a site automatically

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To publish Confluence edits automatically, open the site in Capable Sites, go to Settings, General, and under Publishing choose Live site. Confirm, then select Publish now on the Overview once. From then on, edits publish about a minute after people stop editing.

#Before you start

  • You need to be a Confluence admin. Collaborators can see the setting but not change it.

  • A live site has no staging preview. If pages need checking before visitors see them, keep Preview, then publish.

#Steps

  1. Open Capable, choose Sites, and open the site.

  2. Go to Settings, then General.

  3. Under Publishing, choose Live site.

  4. Confirm in the Switch to live site? dialog.

  5. Go to the Overview and select Publish now.

  6. Wait for the Production row to show Up to date.

Creating a new site? The last step of the wizard asks How should changes be published?. Choose Live site there and tick Publish it right away.

#If it does not work

  • Nothing publishes and the Overview says Not published yet. A live site waits for its first Publish now.

  • An edit has not appeared after a few minutes. Publishes wait about a minute after the last edit and up to ten minutes for a page that keeps changing. Select Publish now to skip the wait.

  • The Overview says Last publish failed. The live site still shows the previous version. Select Publish now to try again.

One switch. Then it just keeps up.