Publishing a microsite
Everything starts from the event’s Microsite tab. Open the event and go to Microsite in the left nav. From here you publish the site, brand it, and choose which sections appear.
Publish the site
The site is hidden until you publish it. While it’s a draft, the public URL 404s and search engines can’t see it.
- Open the event → Microsite.
- Make sure the event has a name saved (the public link is generated from it).
- Click Publish site.
Publishing does two things: it flips the site live and mints a stable public
link at /e/<your-event-slug>. The slug is sticky — it stays the same if you
unpublish and republish, so links you’ve shared keep working.
The Public URL panel shows the full link with a Copy link button and an Open public site shortcut once you’re live.
To take the site offline again, click Unpublish — the public pages 404 on the next refresh, but your slug and all settings are kept for next time.
Brand the hero
Under Hero:
- Hero image — shown across the top of the site. PNG, JPG, or WebP, up to 5 MB. Upload, replace, or remove it.
- Tagline (English) and Tagline (Arabic) — one line that sells the event, shown under the event name.
Theme & identity
Under Theme & identity you give the event its own look:
- Colour mode — Light or Dark for the whole public site.
- Main colour and Secondary colour — the event’s colours, applied across every section. Novex keeps the text on top readable for you.
- Typography — one of seven curated font pairs (Latin + a matched Arabic face).
- Register button label (English / Arabic) — override the default call-to-action text.
A live preview and a reset link sit right in the editor. For the full walkthrough — including the readability safeguards and the font-pair list — see Theme & identity.
Add your content sections
The Microsite tab has collapsible groups for the optional written sections. Fill in only what you want; each section stays hidden on the public site until it has content. Most fields are bilingual (English + Arabic):
- About — a heading and a rich-text story, plus an optional image.
- Why attend and Why sponsor — short “reason” cards you add one at a time; Why sponsor also shows a “Become a sponsor” call-to-action.
- Contact — email, phone, and WhatsApp, shown as tappable buttons.
- Social & footer — your organizer blurb and social links for the footer.
- Stats — turn on Show stats to display a strip of figures drawn from your real event data.
Choose which sections show
Under Sections:
- Show speakers — display confirmed speakers on the public site.
- Show registration — display the registration call-to-action.
The agenda section appears once you make the agenda public (see Agenda builder), and the sponsors strip appears once you have confirmed sponsors. Click Save changes when you’re done.
Note: changes to the public site appear within seconds of saving — you don’t need to republish after editing the hero, theme, content, or section toggles.
What shows publicly
Once published, the site reflects your live event data:
- Speakers — only those whose status is Confirmed for this event.
- Agenda — the published agenda.
- Sponsors — only those whose status is Confirmed, grouped by tier.
- Registration — the currently open registration form.
Prospects and pending applications never appear. To put a speaker or sponsor on the site, confirm them — directly, or by approving an application (see Call for Speakers and Sponsorship).
White-label
On paid plans that include white-labelling, the “Powered by Novex” footer is hidden across the public microsite and its emails, so the event site reads as fully your own.
Tips
- Preview before you share: open the public link in a private browser window after publishing to confirm the hero, colours, and sections look right.
- The link is shareable everywhere: the
/e/<slug>URL works in emails, social posts, and QR codes.