Preview before publish: the rule we never break

There's one rule that shapes everything about how Flagstage works: no meaningful change reaches your live website until you've seen a preview and approved it.

It sounds simple. It's also unusual.

How it usually goes

With most web help, you send a change, someone makes it, and you find out how it turned out when a customer mentions it — or doesn't. Typos go live. Photos get cropped strangely. A new section breaks the layout on phones, and nobody notices for a month.

How it works here

1. You ask for a change in plain words.
2. We make the change on a private copy of your site.
3. You get a preview link. Open it on your phone, your laptop, wherever.
4. Reply "looks good," or tell us what to tweak.
5. Only then does it go live — in one step, with no downtime.

Preview links are private and expire, so a half-finished change never ends up circulating.

Why it matters

It's your name on the truck and your reputation on the line. You should have the final word on what your customers see. A preview also catches the small misunderstandings that happen with any request — "the new photo" can mean three different photos.

What if something slips through?

Every approved version of your site is saved. If you ever approve something and change your mind — a week later or a year later — we can put the previous version back. It's a request away, not a rebuild.

The trade-off

Previews add a moment to every change. For a holiday-hours update, that's the time it takes you to tap a link and reply. We think that's a fair price for never being surprised by your own website.