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A published Horizon is not frozen. It evolves as the brand evolves. This page covers the everyday editing flow, the archiving lifecycle, and how restoration works when an archived Horizon needs to come back.

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Editing a published Horizon

1

Open the Horizon

From Horizons → Active, open the Horizon you want to edit.
2

Click Edit

The visual editor opens on the current state. The Horizon remains published; what visitors see does not change while you edit. A Draft changes badge appears.
3

Make changes

Edit blocks, add new blocks, remove blocks. The auto-save runs as you work. Draft changes accumulate; the published version is untouched.
4

Publish or discard

From the top of the editor:
  • Publish. The draft replaces the published version. The team sees the change on next page load.
  • Discard draft. The draft is removed. The published version is unchanged.
  • Save as new version. Useful for major edits where you want to keep the current published version available as a milestone alongside the new one.
For MDX-authored Horizons, the same flow works in the portal. Alternatively, re-upload a new .mdx file; the file becomes the new published version.

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Versioning

Every publish produces a version. Versions are listed in the History tab, with:
  • The publish date.
  • The publisher’s name.
  • A summary of changes (what blocks were added, edited, removed).
  • A link to view the version in full.
A brand owner can compare any two versions and roll back to any past version. Rollback restores the past version as the current published state; the rolled-back version remains in history.

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Major edits vs minor edits

The editor treats every save the same; you treat them differently:
  • Minor edits. Typo fixes, single-block updates, small clarifications. Publish without a version note.
  • Major edits. Structural changes, audience changes, content reorganisation. Publish with a version note explaining the change. The note appears in the team’s notifications and in the Horizon’s history.
The version note is optional but useful. Team members reading the Horizon after a major edit can see what changed without having to compare versions themselves.

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Audience changes

The audience can be changed at any time:
  • Widening the audience. Adding more team members or roles. Effective immediately. New audience members see the Horizon on next load.
  • Narrowing the audience. Removing team members or roles. Effective immediately. Removed audience members lose access on next load; if they had a tab open, they see an access-revoked message on next interaction.
Audience changes are recorded in the brand record’s history.

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Archiving a Horizon

Archive a Horizon when its useful life has ended but the material may still be referenced. Campaigns, retired sub-brands, expired partnerships. Archive is the right answer; deletion is almost never.
1

Open the Horizon

From Horizons → Active, open the Horizon.
2

Click Archive

Confirm. The Horizon is moved to the archive list. It disappears from the main sidebar. Its slot no longer counts against the tier limit.
3

The team is notified (optional)

Brand owners can choose whether team members are notified that the Horizon has been archived. Useful when the Horizon was actively referenced; less useful when it was niche.

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Automatic archiving via expiry

A Horizon with an expires date set in its frontmatter (or in the visual editor’s settings) is archived automatically on that date. The brand owner is notified 30 days before, 7 days before, and on the day. Automatic archives can be cancelled by removing the expiry before the date. Useful for campaigns and time-bounded partnerships. Less useful for sub-brands and regional adaptations, which usually do not have a defined end.

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Restoring an archived Horizon

1

Open the archive

From Horizons → Archive, find the Horizon.
2

Click Restore

Brand Atlas checks tier limits. If restoring would exceed the active limit, the brand owner is prompted to archive a different Horizon first.
3

Set the audience

The audience is reset to “Specify audience” rather than the previous setting, on the principle that audience decisions are time-sensitive. Set the current audience.
4

Publish

The Horizon returns to active status. Its history is preserved; the restoration is itself recorded.

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Deleting a Horizon

Deletion removes the Horizon entirely from active visibility, including the archive. The action is reserved for cases where the material genuinely cannot remain:
  • Material that has been retired for compliance reasons.
  • Drafts that were never published and have no reason to be kept.
  • Test Horizons created during initial setup.
Deletion is recorded in the brand record’s history but the content itself is removed. Deletion is irreversible after 30 days; within 30 days a brand owner can restore through support.

What Horizons are

The concept.

Visual editor

The editor itself.

MDX upload

Editing through re-upload.