Changing a Page or Folder's State

Changing a page or folder’s state.

Depending on the page’s current status, you will need to submit it, make it visible, or do nothing. To change the status, go to the action tab on the far right. It will say “State: Private” or will list some other state. Click on that and you may get several options.

1. Your most likely option is to “submit.” This will make the page pending. The site manager will then review the page and then publish it, meaning that it will appear in the left hand navigation. Remember that once you submit a page, it might take up to 48 hours for the site manager to publish it.

2. Retract – If a page is awaiting review in the pending state, you can also retract it. This will make it private again. If a page is currently pending, you will need to retract it before you can edit it. 

3. Make Visible - This will make the page immediately visible on the site, but it will not be in the navigation, so to get to this page, you will need to either have a link to it from body content, or you will need to publish the URL for users to type it in.

NOTE – once a page is published, you do not need to change it state before editing it. Any edits you make will go live immediately.