Module 14 of 14
Update Your Live Website
Video lesson: about 4 minutes, followed by the written steps below.
Why this matters
Websites are not finished forever. Learning one safe update pattern means you can improve your site without guessing or accidentally changing several things at once.
What you'll learn
- How to make one small change to a live website.
- How to ask Codex to save and publish that change safely.
Step-by-step instructions
- Choose one small change. For this lesson, change the sentence under My Tasks to: A calm place to keep track of today’s tasks.
- Type this message and press Return:
Please make one small change to my task-list website: change the sentence under “My Tasks” to “A calm place to keep track of today’s tasks.” First, tell me how you will check the change locally. Do not publish it yet.
- Follow Codex's instructions to check the local preview in your browser.
- If the sentence is correct, type:
The local preview looks correct. Please save this change to GitHub and publish the updated website with the Cloudflare option available in my setup. Tell me what you can do automatically and ask before any action that needs my approval.
- Follow any sign-in or approval steps Codex explains.
- When Codex gives you the updated link, refresh the live website.
How to check it worked: The live website shows the new sentence and the task-list features still work.
If something doesn't work
The local preview was correct, but the live website still shows the old sentence. Please check this one problem and explain the next step in plain English.
What just happened?
You followed the safest update pattern: make one change, check it locally, save it, publish it, and check the live result. This protects your live website from accidental changes.
Over time, you can use the same pattern for every improvement. Small updates are easier to understand, test, and undo if you change your mind.
By the end of this lesson
- You will have changed one small piece of your website safely.
- You will have checked the change locally before it went live.
- You will know the repeatable pattern for future updates.
Module checklist
- You changed one piece of text locally.
- You checked the local preview before publishing.
- You saved and published the change using the options available in your setup.
- The live website shows the update.