> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.guino.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Publishing

> What Publish actually does, the readiness check, and how drafts stay separate from live pages.

Publishing is the primary action in Guino. Exporting your article as HTML or Markdown
exists, but it is a secondary option for people who want it, not the main path.

## Drafts and live pages

Editing changes a draft. Publishing takes a snapshot of that draft and makes it the live
page.

Two consequences:

* Continuing to edit after publishing does **not** change what visitors see.
* Your live page is a frozen snapshot, including the theme at the moment you published.
  Changing your site theme later does not restyle already published pages until you
  publish them again.

<Note>
  Publish again after any change you want the public to see. This includes changes made
  in the [Website Editor](/studio/website-editor) and a change to your
  [affiliate tag](/start/affiliate-tag).
</Note>

## The readiness check

Right before publishing, Guino checks whether the page can actually do its job and shows
you what it found.

| Level       | Meaning                                                                                          | Does it stop you                                    |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| **Blocker** | Something that would cost you money, for example a missing or placeholder affiliate tag          | Interrupts you, but you can still choose to publish |
| **Warning** | Something worth improving, for example a very short meta description or a missing call to action | Shown, does not interrupt                           |

A failed check never prevents a publish. It is your page and "Publish anyway" is always
a real option. Only blockers interrupt, because a check that interrupts on everything
gets ignored on everything.

## What Guino enforces at publish

A few things are applied server side, so they are guaranteed on the live page no matter
what the editor did:

* The affiliate disclosure, with fixed wording, near the top.
* A call to action.
* Affiliate links written as direct Amazon links carrying your tag and marked as
  sponsored.
* A language check on your own text. Slurs and strong profanity block publishing; mild
  words produce a warning only.

<Info>
  The language check runs at publish only, never on autosave. Autosave must always
  succeed, because losing work over a half typed word would be a much worse failure than
  a blocked publish.
</Info>

## Where your page goes

Published review pages live under your creator address on guino.app, or on your own
domain if you have connected one. Drafts are not indexed by search engines.

## Publishing requires a paid plan

Free accounts can run the entire pipeline and edit freely, but the Publish button is
replaced by an upgrade prompt. Your draft is kept, and it publishes as it is once you
upgrade. See [Plans and billing](/start/plans-and-billing).

## Unpublishing

Your website card in Studio Home shows whether your site is live, has unpublished
changes, or is still a draft. Use that as your source of truth for what the public can
currently see, rather than what your editor is showing you.