> ## Documentation index
>
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://andesine.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use it to find all pages before you explore further.

# Publishing and channels

> Choose which version of your content readers see, review pending changes, and publish to more than one channel.

Editors work on the current content of entries. Readers see the published content. Publishing copies the content that you choose to a channel, so you can keep editing without changing what readers see.

Published content is what these read:

- The API and SDK with a publishable key, for example on your website.
- [Hosted sites](https://andesine.app/docs/publishing/hosted-sites/) and sites made with the [Pages framework](https://andesine.app/docs/publishing/pages-framework/).
- [GitHub Sync](https://andesine.app/docs/publishing/github-sync/).
- Webhooks for publishing events.

## Enable publishing

Publishing is set for each collection. Open the menu of a collection and select **Enable publishing**. The collection and everything in it can then be published. Select **Disable publishing** to stop publishing the collection.

## Publish

You can publish at different levels:

- **An entry:** open the menu of the entry, or the publish menu in the editor, and select **Publish current**.
- **A collection:** open the menu of the collection and select **Publish collection** to publish all its pending changes.
- **A version:** in the [Versions](https://andesine.app/docs/organizing-content/versions/) panel, select **Publish** on any version.
- **Many items:** select them in the explorer, then publish them together.

The publish menu of an entry shows its status: **Published**, **Pending changes**, or **Not published**, and the **Assigned version** on the channel.

![The publish menu of an entry with the Pending changes status and the Publish current button.](https://andesine.app/docs/_andesine/assets/f7265c811195844e0dc029794a146dedcd52a4ba0acca0d292c05b0d0817ab29.webp)

## Review pending changes

Select **Publishing** in the panel on the right to see all changes that are not published yet:

| Status                        | Meaning                                                      |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Pending changes**           | The current content differs from the published content.      |
| **Pending removal**           | The item was deleted, and the deletion is not published yet. |
| **Moved, pending changes**    | The item was moved, and the move is not published yet.       |
| **Pending structure changes** | The collection was renamed, moved, or reordered.             |

Select the changes that you want and select **Publish**, or **Unpublish** to remove items from the channel. Select **Revert all pending changes** to make the current content the same as the published content again.

All changes that you publish together go to the channel at the same time, so readers never see half of an update.

## Unpublish and revert

- **Unpublish** removes an entry or a collection from the channel. The current content does not change.
- **Revert pending changes** replaces the current content with the published content. Use it to undo edits, or to restore a published entry that you deleted.

## Channels

Each workspace has the **Published** channel. Add more channels to publish different versions of the same content, for example a **Staging** channel for a preview site.

Go to **Settings → Publishing → Channels** and select **Create channel**. Each channel has a code, such as `staging`, that you use in the API. Select **Copy channel code** to copy it.

To switch the channel that the explorer and the publishing panel show, open the menu at the top of the explorer and select **Channel: \<name>**. This item shows only when the workspace has more than one channel.

When you delete a channel, all content assigned to it is removed from that channel. You cannot delete the **Published** channel.

## Publishable keys

Websites read published content with a publishable key. Go to **Settings → Publishing → Sites** to create one. A publishable key can only read and search published content, and get AI answers when you allow them, so you can use it in browser code. See [API overview](https://andesine.app/docs/developers/api-overview/).