# A published site shows [unavailable] instead of a value

**What you are seeing**

The page shows the value in Confluence, but the published site shows \[unavailable\]. The site's **Macros** tab lists a warning against **Variable**.

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## Why it happens

Capable Sites only publishes values it is safe to make public:

* The variable is a **User** variable. People's names are never published.
* The variable is kept in a space the site does not publish. Values from other spaces are left out so publishing one space never exposes another's.
* The variable was deleted, or could not be read when the site was published.

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## What to do

* For a person, type their name on the page as text, or use a Text variable holding the name.
* For a value from another space, make it a global variable, or keep it in a space the site publishes. See [Retire or replace a variable safely](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/retire-or-replace-a-variable-safely.html).
* Publish the site again after fixing it.

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## Related

### [Capable Sites](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/capable-sites.html)

Values on published sites.

### [Space and global variables](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/space-and-global-variables.html)

Where a variable lives.

### [A changed value has not appeared yet](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/a-changed-value-has-not-appeared-yet.html)

Out-of-date values.

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