Fix the
usual snags.

Sample listings are fictional, labeled as samples and never indexed. New sites start with them, private to you, and real MLS listings replace them as they come through, which needs your MLS participation and approval. If they still say Sample after a few minutes, write to hello@idxbloom.com.

Only logged-in editors and admins can open the private page Preview mode uses, so anyone else gets a 404. Visitors and Google see nothing until live listings are approved. That is by design: Preview mode stays on one private page, and nothing else on the site changes until you press Turn on my site.

Pages always load from the cache right away. If the feed fails, the last good data stays on your pages for up to 24 hours instead of being wiped.

Your data provider may have refused the site, for example after a key or domain was revoked. Then all cached listings are removed immediately and the pages show nothing until access returns. A slow feed is different: your pages keep the last good data.

Check the master email switch in Settings, and check that the site is live, because sign-in and alert emails are sent only when it is. Sites installed before 2.2 started with the switch off. Buyer accounts sign in with an email link instead of a password, and alerts need your mailing address.

Leads from the preview page are test leads until you press Send test lead. Every lead is stored on your own site first, newest on top in the Leads inbox, and once the CRM is connected a failed send is retried automatically. You enter the CRM details under Leads, Where leads go.