Previewing and publishing store changes in Experience Builder
Key Takeaway
What you see in Preview isn't live. A B2B store that has never been published must be published and then activated before buyers or shoppers can use it. After activation, republish whenever you make changes.
You design a B2B Commerce store's pages in Experience Builder, but buyers don't see those changes until you publish them. Preview lets you check how the store looks to customers before anything goes live. Each publish sends out every change made since the last publish. A B2B store must also be activated before buyers or shoppers can use it.
Preview, publish, then activate
A B2B store goes through three steps in this order.
- Preview the store while you work on it, to check how it looks to customers.
- Publish the store when you're ready.
- Activate the store.
A B2B store isn't available to buyers or shoppers until you activate it, so publishing alone doesn't open the store to customers. Publishing also isn't a one-time step, because publishing is what makes site updates and component customization updates available to site members.
If the store has never been published...
Publish the store and then activate it before buyers or shoppers can use it.
If the store is already activated and you make changes...
Republish the store whenever you make changes, because site members don't get your changes until you do.