The Sanity Studio is your content workspace. Everything on the site (copy, images, links, etc) is managed here. This guide walks you through finding content, making changes, and publishing them so they appear on the live site.
Typical Workflow#
- Log in to the Studio.
- Find the content you want to edit.
- Make your changes.
- Review before publishing.
- Publish to go live.
Log in to the Studio#
The Sanity Studio resides under the /admin URL of your website:
e.g. https://mywebsite.com/admin
Once logged in, you will land on the Studio dashboard.
Find the content you want to edit#
Use the left sidebar to navigate. Click on "Pages" to find a specific page, or browse other content types like "Blog posts" or "Navigation". Click on any item to open it in the editor.
What are modules?#
Think of modules as individual “sections” on a given page (e.g. a hero banner, testimonial carousels, logo cloud, etc). Modules can be edited, reordered and duplicated. Find a list of all built-in modules here.
Make your changes#
You will see a "Draft" badge at the top of the document. This means your edits are saved but not yet visible on the website.
Colored dots will appear to indicate different states of a document:
- 🟢 — Published (live)
- 🟠 — Draft (not live, with edits)
- 🟢🟠 — Published (live, with unpublished edits in draft)
Additionally, an orange border appears to right edge on fields that have unpublished edits.
Edits are automatically saved as a draft as you type; no need to manually save.
Review before publishing#
Presentation mode allows for previewing your edits as you make them, without having to publish them live. Documents can be previewed in Presentation mode either by:
- clicking the “Used on one page” item, at the top of any page document
- OR navigating to the “Presentation” tab, at the top of the Studio
Once in Presentation mode, hovering over any text area displays a blue border. Clicking it will open the particular field where edits can be made:
Publish to go live#
When you are ready, click the blue Publish button in the bottom-right corner of the editor. Once published, your changes are immediately live on the website.
Unpublishing content#
In the case a document needs to be unpublished (hidden from the live site):
- Click the green “Published” pill at the top of the document.
- The Studio will turn green, indicated you are now viewing the page as how it is currently published as.
- Click the red “Unpublish” button (bottom right, where the “Publish” button was).
