Day-to-Day Workflow
Edit in WordPress like you always did. The queue reprints the photocopies.
After the first Full Rebuild, normal publishing does not need a manual export. Write the post. Hit Publish. Tivlo adds homework to the queue. That is the whole ritual.
Edit and publish a post or page as usual. Same block editor. Same “Publish” button. No extra Tivlo step.
Tivlo enqueues that URL and, when related rebuilds are on, home, archives, and taxonomies — so the blog index does not keep advertising last week’s headline.
WP-Cron (or Process Queue Now on the Build Console) regenerates the HTML. On a busy production site, cron usually keeps up. On your laptop, click the button. Laptops are shy.
Anonymous visitors receive the new file once the job completes
(X-Tivlo-Static: hit). Check in a private window, not next to the
admin bar.
First visit after publish
Until the queue job finishes, visitors may still see the previous static file (or live WordPress if no file exists yet). That is a snapshot, not a live stream. Drain the queue on local sites with Process Queue Now when you need the file now.
Common tasks
| Task | What to do |
|---|---|
| Add a new post type to the export | Enable it under Target Content Types, save, then Full Rebuild (or publish one item and rely on incremental + related) |
| Theme, Customizer, or menu change | Soft full rebuild is queued automatically. Drain the queue, or Clear + Full Rebuild for a clean slate |
| Change export scope or Public Base URL | Save, then Full Rebuild. Clear existing files if you removed routes |
| Temporarily disable static serving | Uncheck Serve static HTML directly (keep generation on if you still want files updated), or uncheck Enable static generation to stop both |
| CDN / S3 setting change | Save CDN Settings, then Full Rebuild |
Admin actions reminder
| Action | When |
|---|---|
| Save Settings | After changing options |
| Full Rebuild | First setup, major structural change, recovery |
| Process Queue Now | Local/dev, or finish jobs immediately |
| Clear Static Files | Wipe HTML + queue; site falls back to live WordPress |
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