# How it works — Clear CMS

> From your current website to editing it yourself: how moving to Clear CMS works, step by step, and who it is for.

*How it works*

## From your current website to editing it yourself

What happens from the first call to the day your team publishes its first change.

- **Talk to us** — Tell us about your organisation and your current site. We show you Clear CMS working on a site like yours.
- **We build or move your site** — We move your pages, photos and menus across, or build a new site from a template in your colours and fonts.
- **Connect your domain** — Point your web address at Clear CMS. The padlock certificate is set up automatically, and your site stays online throughout.
- **Invite your team and publish** — Everyone gets their own login. Click, change, publish. That's it.

*Day to day*

## What editing looks like

### See every change on every screen

Switch the live preview between desktop, tablet and phone while you edit.

Many of your visitors are on a phone. Flip the preview to phone size at any moment and check that the new headline fits and the photo still looks right, before anyone else sees it.

![The page shown at phone width, next to the desktop, tablet and phone buttons](https://clearcms.app/images/shots/feat-phone.webp)

Desktop and phone

### Work in a draft, publish with one button

Changes stay private until you press Publish.

Everything you change is saved as a draft as you go. Take your time, ask a colleague to have a look, then publish it all with one button. Visitors never see a half-finished page.

![The top bar showing Saved as draft and the Publish button with three changes waiting](https://clearcms.app/images/shots/feat-drafts.webp)

Drafts and publishing

### Every version kept, any one restored

See who changed what and when, and step back in one click.

Clear CMS keeps every saved version of every page, with the name of the person who made the change. Deleted something by accident? Restore it. Want last month's wording back? Restore that too. Restoring adds a new version, so nothing is ever lost.

![The history panel listing recent changes, each with a button to go back to it](https://clearcms.app/images/shots/feat-history.webp)

History

*Who it's for*

## Made for small teams and the people who help them

- **Non-profits and community groups** — Staff and volunteers keep news, events and photos current without waiting on a developer. Multilingual when your community is.
- **Local businesses** — Update services, prices, opening hours and project photos yourself, from your desk or your phone.
- **Agencies and freelancers** — Build the site once, hand it over with confidence. Clients edit safely within your design, and each sees only their own site.

## Questions people ask first

- **Do I need any technical skills?** — No. If you can edit a document, you can edit your site. You click on the page and type; a "?" next to every setting explains what it does.
- **Can I break my site?** — Not really. The design is set up for you; you change the words, photos and sections within it. And every version is kept, so any change can be undone.
- **What happens to my current website?** — It stays online until the new one is ready. We move your content across, you check it, and only then is your domain switched over.
- **Can my web designer still work on it?** — Yes. Developers build the sections and looks for your brand; your team fills them in. Agencies can look after many client sites from one sign-in.
- **What if I want to leave?** — Export the whole site as a zip at any time. Your content is in open, readable files, so it goes wherever you go.

## Put your website in your hands

Book a short call. We'll show you Clear CMS on a site like yours and explain exactly what moving over involves.

[Book a demo](https://clearcms.app/contact)

[See pricing](https://clearcms.app/pricing)