Linda Zhou Thanks for posting your question in Microsoft Q&A. Based on my understanding, you have created (or modified) a custom HTML code or widgets and deployed to the developer portal via admin interface. Would like to understand the best way to manage the state so that the users of the developer portal can start seeing the changes. Correct?
The changes made to the developer portal (and saved) are not visible to the users/visitors unless you Republish the portal. The ideal way is to validate all the changes made in the portal and after validation, republish it from either developer portal via admin interface or azure portal. Also, check out the below note as well.
I hope this helps with your questions and let me know if you have any other.