Page Status Draft vs. Online

Draft and Online Status Overview

Draft and Online status where the user can set on each page created which can be viewed online by the visitors or not.

Why you would use Draft and Online page status

The page status is an extremely important part of the page content, which either the user will set the page as Draft if it's in a test or development mode so that only the administrator can see the page.

Online status helps the user to make the page available and can be viewed by the public.

Draft vs. Online: Web Page Status Difference

  • Online means the page is online and available for visitors.
  • Draft means the version of the page you are editing is not visible to anonymous visitors but will be seen by Content Administrators
    • If the page was previously online and you make it into draft mode, you will now have an online and draft version of the page.
    • The Online version will be seen by visitors.
    • Only the content administrators can view Draft pages.
    • This does not mean the page is not visible to site visitors.

When you start with a new page, the default status is online. If you save the page in this mode, your website will have a page available to visitors. If you are working on a new page and you don't want this page to be available to visitors you must set it to draft before you save it for the first time.

Draft Page Status

Page status
STEP-BY-STEP
  • 1
    Go to Admin → Page Content → Pages → Create New Page or Edit existing page.
  • 2

    Pages assigned with a "Draft" status will not display the draft version of the page but will display the previous "online" version of the page to visitors.

    • Example: you may be changing a page but the changes will take a few days to complete.
  • 3

    As you edit the new version it is not yet "live", "published" or "uploaded" to your live website - UNTIL you change that page's status to ONLINE.

    • The online version of the page is shown to site visitors
    • The draft version of the page (the one you have not yet finished editing) is only available to administrators. Once you finish editing, you make your draft page online and now there is only one version of the page.
  • 4
    Therefore, "Draft" page content can ONLY be seen by logging in as Administrator to your website.

Online Page Status

Page status
STEP-BY-STEP
  • 1
    Go to Admin → Page Content → Pages → Create New Page or Edit existing page.
  • 2

    Use the "Online" page status when you want to publish your changes to the live website.

    • Example: your changes have been finished/approved - and are now ready to go live.
    • "Online" page content can be viewed by everyone - site visitors and administrators.
  • 3
    When a page is UPDATED the added content is immediately published and can be viewed by everyone.
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