FAQ & Glossary
Do Studio changes go live immediately?
Section titled “Do Studio changes go live immediately?”No. Studio is your draft and editing environment. Changes affect the live site only after you publish.
Should I start from a URL import or from scratch?
Section titled “Should I start from a URL import or from scratch?”Use URL import when you already have a public site and want a faster first draft. Use scratch when the site should be built primarily from your brief and assets.
Why can’t Vivd import some public websites?
Section titled “Why can’t Vivd import some public websites?”Some websites block automated browsers or traffic from datacenter IP ranges.
Vivd’s importer uses the scraper service to load the source site in a headless
browser, so Cloudflare challenges, CAPTCHAs, 403 responses, or IP-based
blocking can stop the import even when the site is public. Self-hosted installs
can route the scraper through a residential proxy with PROXY_HOST,
PROXY_PORT, PROXY_USERNAME, and PROXY_PASSWORD. Read
Import an Existing Website for the fuller
explanation and Self-Host Config Reference for
the env setup.
Do I have to configure plugins before every project?
Section titled “Do I have to configure plugins before every project?”Only if the project needs those capabilities. Contact forms and analytics are project-level decisions, not mandatory for every site.
Can customers access only their own project?
Section titled “Can customers access only their own project?”That is the intended client-editor pattern. Keep access limited to the smallest useful scope.
Glossary
Section titled “Glossary”Organization
Section titled “Organization”The team or client space that owns projects and user access.
Project
Section titled “Project”A website workspace inside Vivd, including versions, assets, plugins, and publish state.
Studio
Section titled “Studio”The editing environment where you make AI-assisted and direct changes to the project.
The current work-in-progress version of the site inside Vivd.
Live site
Section titled “Live site”The published version currently served on the public domain.
Publish checklist
Section titled “Publish checklist”The pre-launch review step used to catch obvious issues before a version goes live.