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Site settings & publishing

The Settings screen controls the site as a whole: its name, whether it's live, which renderer serves it, the draft-preview link, and the age gate. It lives at /admin/sites/:siteId (the Settings rail item) and needs the storefront.manage permission.

Who can use it​

  • Settings needs the storefront.manage permission (Admins).
  • Avero Sites is gated by the Hosted Site add-on — see the billing path at the end of this guide, or Build your Avero site.

Publish modes​

The General card's Publish mode sets the site's overall state:

  • Draft — not live.
  • Published — live — serving to visitors.
  • Archived — retired.

This is the site's state, distinct from an individual page's publish status (a page is published from the editor — see Build your Avero site). Save changes confirms "Site updated."

Site settings — publish mode, the renderer switch, preview link, and age gate.

Settings — General (publish mode, renderer, preview link), the age gate, Coming soon cards, and Managed elsewhere.

The renderer switch​

Renderer decides what visitors actually see:

  • Legacy hosted site (current) — keeps rendering today's brand-configured website.
  • Avero Sites (page builder) — serves the pages you build here.

As the setting explains: "Legacy keeps rendering today's brand-configured website. Switching to Avero Sites serves the pages you build here — falling back to the legacy renderer for any page you haven't built yet." New sites start on Legacy; flip to Avero Sites when your built pages are ready. The dashboard's Site health panel flags a site still on the legacy renderer with a Switch shortcut here.

Preview link shares drafts without publishing — "Share drafts without publishing. Rotating revokes the old link." Rotate generates a tokenized share URL at /_preview?token=… and revokes the previous one: "Preview link rotated — old links revoked." This is the same rotating draft link the editor's Share draft button uses; anyone with the current link sees the unpublished draft with no login.

The per-site age gate​

The Age gate card shows visitors a one-tap age check before they can browse — "Show visitors a one-tap age check before they can browse. POS ID-scan & compliance rules are separate — see 'Managed elsewhere'."

  • Require age confirmation — the on/off switch. It shows a one-tap "Are you [21] or older?" screen on the first visit, before any page — "Recommended on for alcohol sites."
  • Minimum age — the age asserted ("Usually 21 in the US.").
  • Remember for (days) — how long before a returning visitor is asked again.
  • If underage, send them to — a redirect URL; "Leave blank to show a built-in 'come back when you're of age' screen instead."

Save age gate confirms "Age gate saved." This is the marketing site's own gate — it's separate from POS ID-scan and compliance, which live under Managed elsewhere.

Coming soon — not yet available​

Three Settings cards are clearly marked Coming soon. They are net-new features that aren't built yet — do not promise them:

  • Favicon & touch icon — "The browser-tab + mobile home-screen icon for this site."
  • Custom code & analytics — "Analytics snippet, <head> scripts, cookie banner."
  • Redirects — "Send old paths to new ones (301) without breaking links."

They show a Coming soon chip and a description only — no working controls.

Managed elsewhere​

Site-level settings that actually live at the company level are gathered in the Managed elsewhere card — "Company-level — edit once, applies everywhere." Each row links out:

RowWhat it coversOpens
Company identityName, contact, social profiles/admin/company
Brand Kit & themeLogo, colors, fonts across all sites/admin/company?tab=brand
Domain DNS & ownershipBuy, verify, and route domains/admin/store?tab=domains
POS complianceAge & ID-scan rules, tax/admin/store
Catalogue & productsInventory, pricing, variants/admin/catalogue
Embed & wine clubReservation & club widgets/admin/store?tab=embed

The add-on & billing path​

Avero Sites is a paid add-on gated by the Hosted Site entitlement. If it isn't enabled, /admin/sites shows the "Add a hosted website" upsell with View plans (/admin/billing) and Contact sales (sales@averoguest.com). Turn the add-on on for your account and the full Sites dashboard — including this Settings screen — becomes available.

Reference​

ControlWhereWhat it does
Publish modeSettings → GeneralDraft / Published — live / Archived (site-wide).
RendererSettings → GeneralLegacy vs Avero Sites page builder.
RotateSettings → Preview linkIssues a new draft link, revokes the old.
Require age confirmationSettings → Age gateTurns the marketing-site age gate on.
Coming soon cardsSettingsFavicon, custom code/analytics, redirects — not built.
Managed elsewhereSettingsLinks to the company-level surfaces above.

Troubleshooting​

  • My built pages aren't showing to visitors — the site is still on the Legacy renderer. Switch Renderer to Avero Sites (page builder) and Save changes.
  • A page I haven't built 404s under Avero Sites — it doesn't; Avero Sites falls back to the legacy renderer for any page you haven't built yet.
  • The old preview link stopped working — someone hit Rotate (or Reset link in the editor); share the current one.
  • Where's the favicon / redirects setting? — those are Coming soon and not available yet.
  • The age gate isn't POS ID-scan — right; the marketing-site age gate is separate. POS ID-scan and compliance are under Managed elsewhere → POS compliance.