Edit your site in the browser

Updated 11 June 2026

Small changes to a Nippy site don’t need a re-upload. Every text-based file — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, plain text — can be opened from the site’s Files tab and edited right in the dashboard, with changes staged rather than published as they are typed.

New and replacement files can be dropped onto the same Files tab and they stage alongside the edits, so a typo fix, an updated price list, and a new photo can all be prepared together. Nothing touches the live site until the publish click; then everything goes live at once, worldwide in seconds, on the same address — links already shared keep working and now show the new version.

Binary files like images aren’t edited in place; replacing one means dropping in the new version, which joins the same staged batch. There is no build step and no deploy pipeline anywhere in this: the files are the site, and editing them is editing it.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Open the Files tab

    From your dashboard, open the site and go to Files. Every file on the site is there, in the same folders you uploaded.

  2. 2

    Edit text files in place

    Click any text-based file — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, plain text — and edit it right there. Changes are staged, not live.

  3. 3

    Drop in new files too

    Drag new or replacement files anywhere on the tab. They stage alongside your edits as one batch of changes.

  4. 4

    Publish once

    One click takes the whole batch live, worldwide in seconds, on the same address. Until then, the live site is untouched.

Common questions

Which files can I edit in the browser?

Text-based files: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, plain text and the like. Images and other binary files are replaced by dropping in a new version instead.

Do my changes go live as I type?

No — edits and dropped files are staged. The live site doesn’t change until you hit publish, and then everything in the batch goes live together.

Does the address change when I publish?

Never. The site updates in place, so every link, QR code, and bookmark that points at it keeps working and shows the new version.

Do I need a build step or deploy tooling?

No. The files you see are the site being served — editing and publishing them is the whole pipeline.

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