Publish and share your project
A clear guide to making your project live and understanding how access works for Memory Books and Portfolio Sites.
What publishing means
In Milestis, publishing means turning your in-editor project into a live web experience that can be opened outside the editor. Once published, your project gets a real shareable address and can be viewed on any device.
The exact link and access model depend on the format you chose when the project was created.
Memory Book links
A Memory Book is published as a private share link. The published URL includes a viewing token, so the link itself becomes the key to access.
This makes Memory Books feel appropriate for personal stories, gifts, family moments, and emotionally sensitive content. Anyone who receives the full link can open the project, but it is not meant to behave like a public showcase page.
Portfolio links
A Portfolio Site is published as a public web address. This is the right format when you want people to visit your work, evaluate your style, and share the site more openly.
Before publishing, Milestis asks you to choose a slug. That slug becomes part of the live address people will use to open your site, so it is worth choosing something clean, readable, and close to your name or brand.
Credits and publish cost
Publishing uses credits, and the cost depends on the type of project:
- Portfolio Site uses a fixed publish cost.
- Memory Book uses a tiered cost based on how many photos are included.
Before the final publish step, Milestis analyzes the project and shows the expected cost. This gives you a chance to confirm the result, the final link, and the credit usage before making the project live.
Unpublish and republish
If you need to take a project offline, you can unpublish it. This removes public access while keeping the project data intact.
Later, you can republish the project again. This is useful when you want to hide a project temporarily, revise it, or bring back an archived result without rebuilding everything from the start.
Sharing best practices
Before sending a link to someone else, make one last check:
- Open the live preview and make sure the first screen or cover feels finished.
- Double-check project titles, dates, and visible text for small mistakes.
- For Memory Books, copy the full link so the recipient gets the access token as part of the URL.
- For Portfolio Sites, choose a slug you will still be comfortable sharing later in your bio, messages, or client communication.
Good publishing in Milestis is not only about making the project live. It is about making sure the first viewer experiences it exactly the way you intended.