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Versions & scheduled publishing

Screens, layouts, and reusable components all keep versions. A version is a named snapshot of the saved document; exactly one version of each is published — the one your visitors get.

The versions dialog​

Open the version name in the Besigner's app bar to see the Versions dialog, with each version's created/updated times and a Published chip on the live one.

  • New version saves a named snapshot of the current saved document (prefilled "Copy of …" — rename it to something meaningful).
  • Open switches the Besigner to that version. Viewing an old version never publishes it.
  • Delete versions you no longer need — the published version can't be deleted, and the one you have open must be closed first.

Publish & roll back​

Publish on any row makes that version the live one — which is also how you roll back: publishing an older version moves the live pointer, destroys nothing, and is symmetrical, so rolling forward again is the same click.

A save is not a publish. Saving updates the version you have open; publishing is what changes the live site. Publishing a layout version reaches every screen bound to that layout, so check its Used by card first — see Layouts. A reusable component version reaches every page that places it the same way.

Scheduled publishing​

Schedule publishes a version automatically at a chosen future time; the row then shows a "Publishes …" chip you can clear to cancel. Screens and layouts can be scheduled; a reusable component cannot, so its Schedule is disabled — publish that version when it is ready.

If a scheduled publish comes due on a plan that no longer includes scheduling — after a downgrade, say — it is skipped and shown as skipped on the screen's page, never silently dropped, so you can dismiss it or upgrade and reschedule.

Plan requirements​

Gating is enforced where you click:

  • Creating versions requires Pro or above — on a lower tier the editor answers "Versioning requires a Pro plan — see Billing to upgrade" instead of opening the name dialog.
  • Scheduled publishing requires Business or above.
  • A version is snapshotted from the saved document, so the editor asks you to save the canvas first rather than silently capturing (or losing) unsaved edits.