Hi there,
I don't think I was able to find another Arc Idea about this, but I'm looking to see if a feature can be introduced that would allow you to unpublish a site page after it goes live in PageBuilder Editor?
At present, it appears one way to take a page offline is to deselect it within the site's "Edit Properties" modal or deleting it altogether. But let's say you want to take the page offline so you can continue to work on it. Selecting the site again would take it back online based off the prior published edits.
I understand that by taking a page offline, this creates a 404 and shouldn't be done often. If the page should go live again at its current URL, then the page should be restored/republished at that URL. In other words, it shouldn't append anything to the end of the URL, like a "-2" for example.
In addition, a permission should likely be created that would allow certain users to have this ability, as giving it to anyone with PageBuilder access could open up the possibility of 404s, as mentioned above.
Please let me know if there are any follow-up questions. Thanks!
Troy Blevins
| Categories | User Workflow, Page Versions, New Functionality |
@Tony Thanks for following up. We have left a few options in our previous comment. Would be interested in knowing from others too if there are any use-cases/ scenarios when the option to unpublish would be helpful. Leaving this idea open for feedback and future consideration.
Hi there,
I noticed this Arc Idea was changed to a "Needs more information" status. Could you please let me know if there's anything needed on our end?
I still believe that if you can unpublish an article, image or video easily in Arc through one button, then the same should apply for a site page. Deleting anything is much more drastic than unpublishing in case it's needed for review or a later use.
Thanks!
Thank you for the feedback. I think these work in most cases.
The one use case I think this is most wished for is actually an accidental publish of a page that was still in the process of being created. This is a fairly large one-way path in this event.
Thank you again
Thanks for the idea. We do not intend to support the "unpublish" option in the near future. We may consider it based on the use-cases and scenarios that other users share. Also, could you share in what scenarios you need to take your Pages down?
However, for now, here are a few options that might address what you are trying to accomplish -
Create versions of a Page. For a Page, only one version can be "Published" at any given time. So you would need a Published version while you update the backup version with any changes you want and "Publish" that version. You do not have to create a different URI for versions. It is the same as that of the Page.
Update the URI of the original Page and create a copy and set the desired URI, work on that copy and Publish when ready.
Copy the Page and it will be unpublished by default. You can delete the original Page to take it down from the site, and work on the copied Page with the desired URI and publish when ready.
Let us know if these do not support your scenario. Thanks!