> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://beta-docs.replo.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Publishing
> Take your site live so anyone can visit it, and set up checkout so customers can buy.
export const Screenshot = ({src, altText, width, shadow = true}) => {
const generateAltText = imageSrc => {
if (!imageSrc) return "Screenshot";
const filename = imageSrc.split("/").pop() ?? "";
const nameWithoutExt = filename.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "");
const readable = nameWithoutExt.replace(/[-_]/g, " ").replace(/\b\w/g, char => char.toUpperCase());
return readable === "" ? "Screenshot" : readable;
};
const finalAltText = altText ?? generateAltText(src);
const imageWidth = width ? `${width}px` : "100%";
return ;
};
Publishing puts your site on the internet, so anyone with the link can visit and browse it. Until you publish, your work stays private to your project. After you publish, your latest changes stay in draft until you publish again. To let customers buy, set up a checkout provider too (see [Accepting orders](#accepting-orders)).
Open the [Website Builder](/apps/website-builder) and click through your pages to confirm the content, images, and prices are right.
Ask Replo to publish, or use the publish action in the Website Builder. Replo shows the pages that will go live, then builds and deploys your store.
Your store goes live on a `replosites.com` subdomain, like `your-site.replosites.com`. Copy the link to share it.
When you make changes later, publish again to push them live. Nothing you change goes public until you do.
Publishing runs through a few steps and then your store is live at its address.
## What your customers see
A published site is a normal website. Customers visit the link and browse your pages, and once you have set up checkout, they buy right on your site. They never see the Replo workspace or know the site was built by Replo.
## Accepting orders
Publishing makes your site live, but taking payments needs a checkout provider. You have two options:
* **Replo checkout**, powered by Stripe, with no Shopify required. Finish Stripe setup and your site can take orders directly.
* **Shopify**, if you already sell there. Connect your store and checkout runs through Shopify.
Until you set one up, checkout stays off and your buy buttons will not complete a purchase. You can connect a provider at any time and publish again. Browsing, product pages, and the rest of your site work either way. See [Integrations](/apps/integrations) to connect a provider and [Settings](/apps/settings) to choose which one powers checkout.
To set up Replo checkout, open [Integrations](/apps/integrations) and connect **Replo Products**.
From there, finish the Stripe onboarding to start taking payments. Replo partners with Stripe, so you either reuse an existing Stripe account or create a new one, then agree and continue.
## FAQ
Only once you have set up checkout. Publishing makes your site live to browse right away, but to take orders you need Replo checkout (powered by Stripe, no Shopify required) or a connected Shopify store. Until then, checkout is off. See [Accepting orders](#accepting-orders).
No. Changes stay in draft until you publish again, so you can keep working without affecting your live store.
Yes. By default you publish to a Replo subdomain, and you can connect your own domain. See [Custom domains](/custom-domains).