How to unpublish an experience? – Fastory

Your game has ended and you want to make its content inaccessible? Fastory lets you unpublish an experience at any time, then put it back online whenever you want. That way, you stay in control of what your audience can see.

What is it for?

Unpublishing an experience makes it inaccessible to the public without deleting it. Its content stays stored in your Studio: you can publish and unpublish your experience as you wish, as many times as needed. This is useful when a game or campaign comes to an end, or when you are preparing a new version before putting it back online.

How does it work?

There are two ways to unpublish your experience.

From the editor

Go to your experience's Studio, then open the Publish tab.

Click Unpublish.

Your experience is now unpublished: its online content is no longer accessible. Visitors who try to access it see a message letting them know the experience is no longer available.

To put it back online, simply click Publish the Experience.

From the workspace

You can also unpublish your experience without opening the editor. From your workspace, click the ... menu of the relevant experience, then choose to unpublish it.

Manual or automatic closing

Manual closing: you open and close your experience yourself, whenever you decide, from the Publish tab or from the workspace.

Automatic closing: you can schedule opening and closing dates so your experience is published and unpublished on its own. To set this up, see the article How to schedule opening and closing dates for the game?

Best practices

Check that your experience is properly unpublished by visiting it yourself: you should see the message indicating it is no longer accessible.

Choose unpublishing over deleting when a game has simply ended: you keep its content and can put it back online at any time.

If you already know the end date, opt for automatic closing so you don't have to step in manually on the day.

Remember to unpublish finished experiences to keep your audience from accessing content that is no longer current.

Concrete use cases

If you want to close a contest that has ended

Open your experience's Publish tab and click Unpublish. Participants who return to the link will see that the game is no longer accessible.

If you want to unpublish several experiences quickly

Go through your workspace: the ... menu of each experience lets you unpublish it without opening the editor, which is faster when you manage several of them.

If you want an experience to close automatically on a specific date

Enable automatic closing and set the closing date. See the article How to schedule opening and closing dates for the game? for the step-by-step process.

If you want to put an unpublished experience back online

Go back to the Publish tab and click Publish the Experience: your content immediately becomes accessible to the public again.

FAQ

Does unpublishing an experience permanently delete it on Fastory?

No. Unpublishing an experience simply takes it offline: its content stays stored in your Studio and you can republish it whenever you want.

How do I reopen an experience I have unpublished?

Go to your experience's Publish tab and click Publish the Experience. It immediately becomes accessible to the public again.

What do my visitors see when my Fastory experience is unpublished?

Visitors who try to access the experience see a message letting them know it is no longer accessible.

Can I unpublish an experience without going through the editor?

Yes. From your workspace, click the ... menu of the relevant experience to unpublish it directly, without opening the Studio.

Can I schedule my experience to close in advance?

Yes. Fastory offers automatic closing, which publishes and unpublishes your experience on the dates you set. See the article How to schedule opening and closing dates for the game? to set it up.

How many times can I publish and unpublish an experience?

As many times as you want. On Fastory, you can publish and unpublish your experience as you wish, with no limit.