This guide explains how to avoid directly publishing changes to a page in Infomaniak's Site Creator.

Introduction

• Draft mode prevents the following changes from being published:
  • Adding a new content block via the Content menu.
  • Making visual or textual changes to a content block.
  • Deleting a content block.
• Draft mode does not apply to:
  • Global design changes, via the Design menu (colors, fonts, etc.).
  • Content changes related to applications (Q&A, e-commerce, etc.).
  • Changes to global settings, via the Settings menu (Pages, languages, etc.).
  • Subpages of the page you are unpublishing.

1. Save without publishing

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

You can put a page into draft mode to make text or other content changes that will not be visible live, until you decide to switch the site back to direct publishing mode:

1. Click on the ... button at the very bottom of the left-hand menu to expand the publishing and preview options.
2. Click on Live to switch to Unpublished mode:
   
3. Now, the yellow mode displayed at the bottom indicates that all your changes (on this page only) will not be visible in real time (unlike Live mode) because they will not be published automatically:
   
   • Changes will be saved as a draft even if you leave the page or the editor…
   • In draft mode, you can work on the page, add text, save it, leave, and come back to continue editing, and this work will not be published until you explicitly decide to (see below):
     
   • Depending on the changes made (e.g., adding a content block), remember to edit the text to validate your changes and save them.
   • To check and confirm that your current changes are not being published as you go, simply go to your site's address from another browser page in incognito mode, for example.

2. Publish the changes or delete the draft

You can exit Draft mode to return to instant publishing:

1. When Unpublished mode is active, click the yellow button in Unpublished mode to display a settings panel:
   
2. The settings panel opens, allowing you to:
   1. publish your changes,
   2. or delete the current draft and return the page to its initial state:
      

Example

1. With Live mode (visible at the bottom of the screen), any changes are immediately visible to visitors of the page.
2. With Unpublished/Draft mode (identifiable by a yellow symbol at the bottom of pages in this mode), your changes are not visible in real time.
3. Leave the page to work on another page; the mode reverts to the default mode, i.e., Live mode, because the page is different, and the mode only applies to the selected pages.
4. Return to the page that was put into draft mode; a symbol at the bottom of the page always indicates that draft mode is active.
5. Click on it to choose to publish or delete the changes and restore the page to how it was before your changes in draft mode.