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description: Before going live, you can preview your Experience Builder site to see how it looks in a desktop browser window or on a mobile device.
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# Preview Your Experience Builder Site

Before going live, you can preview your Experience Builder site to see how it looks in a desktop browser window or on a mobile device.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small permission">
        <colgroup>
          <col style="width:50%">
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        <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d42842e70">User Permissions
              Needed</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d42842e70 ">To create an Experience Cloud site:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d42842e70 ">Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and Configuration</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d42842e70 ">To customize or publish an Experience Cloud site:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d42842e70 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and Configuration AND be a member
                  of the site<p>OR</p>
                </li>

                <li>View Setup and Configuration AND be a member of the site AND have appropriate
                  <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_access_control_overview.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">role-based site access</a>
                </li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

- To preview the site in a browser window, click **Preview** on the toolbar.
    
    ![Preview Button in Experience Builder](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/community_builder_preview_button.png)
- In Preview mode, to see the site in its own browser tab as:
    
    - A logged-in customer would see it, click **![View as](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/preview_guestuser1.png)** | **Authenticated User**.
    - An unauthenticated visitor would see it, click **![View as](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/preview_guestuser1.png)** | **Guest User**. As long as your site includes one public page (such as the Home page), you can use the **Guest User** option.
    
    ![Preview as guest user](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/preview_guestuser.png)
- To preview the site on different devices, use the options in the ![View Mode](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/community_designer_devices.png) menu.
    
    ![View modes](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/community_designer_view_modes.png)

#### See Also

- [Customize Sites with Experience Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.community_designer_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Experience Builder lets you easily style your site, create and customize pages, add drag-and-drop components, and deliver personalized experiences to different audiences. Choose a template to quickly start your site, and then style the pages to match your company’s branding.")
- [Publish Your Experience Builder Site Customizations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.community_designer_publish.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Publish your Aura or LWR site in Experience Builder to make your site updates and component customization updates available to your site members.")