What does "Domains have different publish dates. Republish all domains to enable single-item publish" mean in Webflow?

In Webflow, the prompt "Domains have different publish dates. Republish all domains to enable single-item publish" appears when you have multiple domains connected to your project, and those domains have different publish dates or times.

When you make changes to your website in Webflow, you have the option to publish those changes to your live site. By default, when you click the "Publish" button, Webflow will publish all domains connected to your project simultaneously, ensuring that the changes are reflected on all domains at the same time.

However, if you have domains with different publish dates, it means that those domains were published at different times in the past. This can occur if you added or connected domains to your project at different points in time.

To enable the option for single-item publish, which allows you to selectively publish changes to specific domains, you need to republish all domains connected to your project. By doing this, Webflow sets the same publish date and time for all domains, ensuring that they are synchronized.

Once you've republished all domains with the same publish date, you can take advantage of the single-item publish feature. This feature allows you to choose specific domains to publish when making changes, rather than publishing all domains simultaneously.

It's important to note that republishing all domains will not affect the live status of your websites or URLs. It simply aligns the publishing dates and times for your connected domains, enabling more granular control over publishing changes in the future.