Build and publish a public barn website

Steps

1. 1Open Settings, then Public Page.
2. 2If you are starting from scratch, choose Quick setup and answer the guided questions. BarnPage will seed starter copy, programs, FAQs, visitor notes, contact details, theme, and calls to action.
3. 3Choose a starting design such as Lesson Barn, Boarding Facility, Training & Show Program, Camp / Clinic, Classic Stable, or Link-in-bio Mini Site. Each one starts with sections and calls to action suited to that kind of barn.
4. 4Review the template guidance and publishing checklist. Some templates need specific inputs to feel complete, such as trainer bios for Training & Show, care/facility details for Boarding, or dates and arrival details for Camp / Clinic.
5. 5Choose a color theme, select your own colors, or use Import from logo to pull colors from the barn logo.
6. 6Add a headline, short description, SEO title/description, and barn story so visitors understand your program and culture.
7. 7Add custom buttons, enriched program cards, services, disciplines, amenities, trainer profiles, trust signals, testimonials, FAQs, visitor notes, hours, map link, website, public video, and social links. Programs can include audience, rider levels, availability, public pricing text, fuller details, and their own call to action; BarnPage creates an indexable detail URL after saving.
8. 8Optionally add public events such as camps, clinics, shows, or open houses. Enter these explicitly in the website builder; BarnPage never copies private lesson schedules into the public event section.
9. 9For a program or event that uses an external booking provider, add its public HTTPS URL to the booking or registration button. Test the destination before publishing.
10. 10Optionally ask MEGAN to suggest copy, program cards, FAQs, SEO text, and visitor notes. Review the suggestions and apply only the pieces you want, or apply all suggestions at once.
11. 11Upload only photos that are approved for public display. Choose the gallery display style in Website sections: grid, slideshow, or featured. Replace raw file-name captions with real captions or leave captions blank; raw file names are hidden from the public page.
12. 12Optionally add a public YouTube or Vimeo video. Private BarnPage lesson videos are not used automatically on public pages.
13. 13Decide whether to enable Message the barn, then choose the inquiry categories visitors can select. Relevant categories add optional questions about rider fit, experience, horse access, timing, or preferred contact without requesting health or financial information.
14. 14Customize the on-page confirmation. Optionally enable the transactional email acknowledgment and add a subject and message. Use it only to confirm receipt and explain expected next steps.
15. 15Save the draft, use Save and preview to open the authenticated draft preview in a new tab, then publish when the page is ready. If required polish items are incomplete, BarnPage warns before publishing so owners can avoid making an unfinished page public.
16. 16Optionally choose a future Publish at or Unpublish at time in the barn timezone. BarnPage applies scheduled changes within about 15 minutes.
17. 17Use History & export to review recent saves, restore earlier website content without changing the current schedule, or download a backup copy.
18. 18Use View public page and Inquiry inbox to check the live site, see which pages and buttons visitors use, and respond to new messages.

What can appear publicly

• Headline, story, SEO copy, custom buttons, program cards and detail pages, public events, service tags, trainer profiles, disciplines, amenities, trust signals, testimonials, FAQs, visitor notes, hours, location, map link, contact details, social links, public-page photos, and public YouTube/Vimeo videos.
• The sections, order, and layout choices selected in the builder.
• Quick Setup starter content after an owner or manager applies it to the draft.
• BarnPage-hosted structured inquiry forms when Message the barn is enabled.
• A Member Login link for existing BarnPage riders, parents, and staff.
• Only content entered in the public page builder, not private barn data.

What stays private

• Private rider records, parent links, member lists, lesson schedules, lesson videos, feedback, progress, feed posts, and internal media. Public events must be entered separately.
• Lesson videos and private BarnPage media unless staff separately add a public-safe external video URL or public-page photo.
• Website inquiries are visible only to barn members who manage the public site. Website reports show combined totals, not an individual visitor history.
• MEGAN suggestions until an owner or manager explicitly applies, saves, and publishes them.

Troubleshooting