There are two ways to get a post from Publish onto your website: publish it, or export it as JPGs. We suggest publishing where your website allows it, so you keep all of Publish's features.

Publishing is the main way to get your post onto your website. Instead of uploading your photos one by one, you click Publish and your post goes to your website looking just like it does in Publish.

When you publish, Publish uploads the photos in your post, resizes them for the web and builds your post. Then you either paste your post's embed code into your website, or, if you use the WordPress plugin, your post is sent to WordPress for you.

When someone visits your post, it loads just as it looks in Publish, with features like Lightbox, Pinterest pins and more. Animations work when you publish with the WordPress plugin.

Each photo stays a separate image, which is good for Pinterest and for SEO (search engine optimization, how search engines find your post).

Published posts are easy to update. Make your changes in Publish and click Update Blog, and your post updates on your website without uploading your photos again.

If you move to a new website, you don't need to upload your photos again. See Move Publish posts to a new website.

To publish your post, see Publishing to your website.

Exporting JPGs is the other way to get your post onto your website. It works more like traditional blogging tools: Publish saves your post as JPGs, and you upload them to your website yourself. Exporting is available on yearly Publish plans, and your first export is free.

Each row of your post is saved as one JPG, so photos side by side are saved together. The JPGs are numbered in order, so you can upload them in the right order.

Exported JPGs miss many of the benefits of publishing. For example, your post's text isn't exported, your JPGs don't update when you change your post, and Lightbox and Pinterest pins don't work. To see the steps and everything that's different, see Export Publish posts as JPGs.