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title: "Publish a space"
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> Publish a whole space using space publishing
## Publish a space
A space administrator can publish the whole space in a few simple steps using the **Publish** button option in the [space publishing dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649660098).
## Publishing a space
in space tools choose **Publishing**.
The publishing dashboard will display details of the space publishing status including
- the current space and the linked published space (the target space)
- the last whole space synchronization date and time (if the space has been published previously)
> 📝 **Publishing** configuration must have already linked the current space as a source space to a target space for publishing
- choose the **Publish button** in the** **dashboard
- choose** No, Publish** in the dialog box
- **Publish in progress** bar will be displayed until ...
- ... Publishing is complete!
The date and time of the last synchronization are updated in the publishing dashboard.
## Who can publish a whole space?
> ℹ️ You must be
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> ℹ️ - a space admin in the draft **source** **space** to access whole-space publishing
> ℹ️ - a member of the groups added to the **Publishers Group** in [Comala Publishing global configuration ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649757793)(check with your global administrator)
> ℹ️ - a space admin in the published **target space**
## Publishing options
In the space publishing dashboard, you can also choose
- **[Configure](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649726972)** to adjust publishing settings to manage
- what documents are published (pages, blog posts, labeled content)
- what data is published for each page or blog post
- display of the publishing status lozenge and the draft space watermark
- **[View Changes](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649694201)**** **to display a list of pending content changes for each of the draft and the published spaces
When the content in the spaces is synchronized, all draft and published space pages display the **PUBLISHED** status lozenge (if enabled in [Publish Settings Display Options](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/650153492)).
> 📝 Changes in the **Configure** options may also affect [single page publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649561680).
## Quick FAQs on publishing
What happens if I edit and save changes on a published page in the target published space?
A warning message is displayed stating this is a published space when opening the page editor in the target published space. You can edit and save changes on this published page, but when you next publish and sync the draft target space version of that page, it overwrites the content on the published page.
What happens if you publish a page that has no parent parent in the target space?
If you publish a page with no parent in the published space the page is published to the root of the target published space - it becomes an orphan page.
How do I replace the target space home page with the draft source page home page?
If you want to publish the draft source space homepage to replace the target published space home page this can be done when initializing a space publish - *publishing a space for the first time*.
You must configure the initial **Publish** to delete content in the published space. If the target published space original homepage is removed after the initial whole space publish and sync action you need to manually set the required home page.
> ℹ️ Errors may occur when publishing if the target space home page is later changed after the initial publish - pages may be published to the root of the target space.