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title: "How To Make Edits"
description: "An simple and easy guide to making and publishing edits inside the Sanity Studio backend CMS."
---

# How To Make Edits

A guide to using the Sanity Studio backend CMS

On this page
1. [Typical Workflow](#typical-workflow)
2. [Log in to the Studio](#log-in-to-the-studio)
3. [Find the content you want to edit](#find-the-content-you-want-to-edit)
4. [What are modules?](#what-are-modules)
5. [Make your changes](#make-your-changes)
6. [Review before publishing](#review-before-publishing)
7. [Publish to go live](#publish-to-go-live)
8. [Unpublishing content](#unpublishing-content)

### What does the backend look like?

[Explore the Studio](https://sanitypress.dev/docs/sanity-studio-screenshots)

The Sanity Studio is your content workspace. Everything on the site (copy, images, links, etc) is managed here. This guide walks you through finding content, making changes, and publishing them so they appear on the live site.

## Typical Workflow

1. Log in to the Studio.
2. Find the content you want to edit.
3. Make your changes.
4. Review before publishing.
5. Publish to go live.

## Log in to the Studio

The Sanity Studio resides under the /admin URL of your website:

> e.g. _https://mywebsite.com**/admin**_

Once logged in, you will land on the Studio dashboard.

## Find the content you want to edit

Use the left sidebar to navigate. Click on "Pages" to find a specific page, or browse other content types like "Blog posts" or "Navigation". Click on any item to open it in the editor.

![A page document being edited, next to a list of all page documents](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cyu7k2r0/production/6c40826db37940d5a362104f504b72e04fa6a3bc-3248x2122.png?q=100&auto=format)

### What are _modules_?

Think of _modules_ as individual “sections” on a given page (e.g. a hero banner, testimonial carousels, logo cloud, etc). Modules can be edited, reordered and duplicated. [Find a list of all built-in modules here](https://sanitypress.dev/modules).

## Make your changes

You will see a "Draft" badge at the top of the document. This means your edits are saved but not yet visible on the website.

Colored dots will appear to indicate different states of a document:

* 🟢 — Published (live)
* 🟠 — Draft (not live, with edits)
* 🟢🟠 — Published (live, with unpublished edits in draft)

Additionally, an orange border appears to right edge on fields that have unpublished edits.

![A page document with edits indicated by an orange dot and border](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cyu7k2r0/production/9295b9f7702dbf0674d20fa7f4fba9c081f1ccdb-3248x2122.png?q=100&auto=format)

Edits are automatically saved as a draft as you type; no need to manually save.

## Review before publishing

Presentation mode allows for previewing your edits as you make them, without having to publish them live. Documents can be previewed in **Presentation mode** either by:

* clicking the “Used on one page” item, at the top of any page document
* OR navigating to the “Presentation” tab, at the top of the Studio

![Click the link under the "Used on one page" dropdown to enter Presentation mode](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cyu7k2r0/production/9c060ae3578b8b9cbbcfe64b57ad64dccb4c0c67-3248x2122.png?rect=0,0,3248,1506&q=100&auto=format)

Once in _Presentation mode_, hovering over any text area displays a blue border. Clicking it will open the particular field where edits can be made:

![Making edits in Presentation mode](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cyu7k2r0/production/d724c231c10919e973da472cfed9b5a8849b11bc-3248x2122.png?q=100&auto=format)

## Publish to go live

When you are ready, click the blue Publish button in the bottom-right corner of the editor. Once published, your changes are immediately live on the website.

### Unpublishing content

In the case a document needs to be unpublished (hidden from the live site):

1. Click the green “Published” pill at the top of the document.
2. The Studio will turn green, indicated you are now viewing the page as how it is currently published as.
3. Click the red “Unpublish” button (bottom right, where the “Publish” button was).

![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cyu7k2r0/production/a9fa628075d33a074dfc9fcab6ee5151310a6a89-3248x2122.png?q=100&auto=format)

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