CMS: Accessing Your Optional Sandbox and Live Collections
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Each of your site's collections has two versions, an optional Sandbox version and a Live version. Both versions have the same structure yet contain different content.
Your Sandbox is a test collection you can use with the Editor while building your site. The content is not public unless you sync the Sandbox collection to your Live collection.
The Live collection is the collection that displays content on your live site for your visitors to view and interact with.
In this article, learn about:
Accessing your Sandbox collection
- Go to the CMS in your Editor:
- Wix Editor: Click CMS
on the left side of the Editor. - Editor X: Click CMS
at the top of Editor X.
- Wix Editor: Click CMS
- Click Collections.
- Click the Settings icon
. - Click Advanced Settings.
- Click the Sandbox toggle.
- Click CMS at the top to return to the main CMS page.
- Select the collection you want to access. You should now be on the Sandbox Collection tab. You can click the Live Collection tab to view that collection.
- (Optional) Manage your collection.
Accessing your live collection
- Go to the CMS in your Editor:
- Wix Editor: Click CMS on the left side of the Editor.
- Editor X: Click CMS at the top of Editor X.
- Wix Editor: Click CMS
- Click Collections.
- Click Live Collection at the top to view and manage it.
