# Merge a pull request

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Once your pull request is approved, anyone who has access to the site, can publish your content to live. 
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You could leave this step to the next day if you wish to publish your content at a certain time and day. All you have to do is to log into Github at the time you wish to publish and go through the steps below

**Step 1.** Go to the pull request that has been approved (you can follow the same steps by going to Pull request tab, and select the correct pull request in the list)

**Step 2.** Scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll see the green button that says**,** *Merge Pull Request* and click on it.

![](https://13808351-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAS5zzRwr-f8BQR34DD%2F-MJUkmJ05BrMZfvHh-2G%2F-MJV1HV2_9UnKoBlK-SR%2Fmerge-step-1.png?alt=media\&token=a824a94d-7dc0-48cb-828b-55b7857d28f6)

**Step 3.** You will be prompted another button to *Confirm Merge*. Click on it, and voila! Your site is live now!

![](https://13808351-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAS5zzRwr-f8BQR34DD%2F-MJUkmJ05BrMZfvHh-2G%2F-MJV1m0nVyNzRjyEcIoE%2Fmerge-step-2.png?alt=media\&token=5e7c2fe3-e384-4dc8-8da3-a21dc88676d4)

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Note that depending on the size of your size and the isomer user traffic, the time taken to live may vary from 1 - 15 mins.
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Once you've merged the pull request, your changes will be reflected on your live site. 

**If your site is not launched yet, proceed to the next page to find out what to do next.**