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# Preview Site.com Sites

Contributors, designers, and site administrators can preview site pages to see how they look when rendered in a browser window. It's always a good idea to make sure your changes are displayed correctly, as this preview is how the pages appear on the live site.

### Required Editions

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td>

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              <p>Available for purchase in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>,
                and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available (with limitations) in:
                <strong>Developer</strong> Edition
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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d69243e74">User
              Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69243e74 ">To build, edit, and manage Site.com sites:</td>

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              <p><samp class="parmname">Site.com Publisher User</samp> field enabled on the
                user detail page</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Site administrator or designer role
                assigned at the site level</p>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d69243e74 ">To edit only content in Site.com sites:</td>

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                <samp class="parmname">Site.com Contributor
                  User</samp>
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              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Contributor role assigned at the
                site level</p>
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If you're a site administrator or designer, you can also create an anonymous preview URL that allows other users to review the site before it goes live. The URL is always valid (unless you disable it) and shows the latest work in progress. It's only available to the people you send it to, and can't be found by search engines.

1. Click **Preview Page** on the toolbar when editing a page.
2. Hover over a page in the Site Pages view of the Overview tab and click **![Actions](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/siteforce_icon_actions.png)** | **Preview** to view a single page.
3. Click **Preview** on the toolbar of the Overview tab to view the entire site. From the **Preview** menu, you can also:
    - Click **Preview Site in a New Tab** to view the site in a new tab in the existing browser window.
    - Click **Preview Site at 1024 x 768** to view the site as it appears to laptop users.
    - Click **Enable Anonymous Preview**, if you're a site administrator or designer, to create a URL that allows other users to preview the site before it goes live. Click the **View Anonymous Preview** option that appears in the **Preview** menu to access the preview URL, which you can copy and send to other users to review and test your changes. **Enable Anonymous Preview** is also available in the [Site Configuration view](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_website_properties.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Set properties for the site, such as the home page, site name, and error page, and create an anonymous preview URL that allows other users to review the site before it goes live. The URL is always valid (unless you disable it) and shows the latest work in progress. It's only available to the people you send it to, and can't be found by search engines.").
4. Click **Preview** beside a site on the Site.com home page to view the entire site.

When you preview pages, all browser-related functions work, too.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)

Note During preview only, style sheets are rendered as inline styles.

#### See Also

- [Using Site.com Studio as a Site Administrator or Designer](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_overview_studio.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Site.com Studio provides a dedicated site-building environment for site administrators and designers.")
- [Using Site.com Studio as a Contributor](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_editor_overview_studio.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Site.com Studio provides a dedicated content-editing environment for contributors.")