Preview and publish

In the video you can see a short introduction to how you can see a preview of the page you are working on. You will also be introduced to how to approve a page for publication.

Below you can read more about how preview and publishing work in different contexts.

Preview a page

It is possible to see a 'preview' of your page - a display of how the page will look when published - before you publish it.

Preview in Sitecore (content editing):

  • Save your page
  • Click the Publish tab
  • Click the Preview button
  • A new window will now open with a preview of the page

Preview in Experience Editor:

  • Save your page
  • Click Preview
  • The page will now be displayed in a preview version

Publish a page

  • Select the Publish tab.
  • Ticked the box Approve this version for publishing.

Now the page will be published on the next release. Sitecore updates four times an hour around the clock. A page will therefore only be published at this time. The update takes a few minutes, after which you can see the change.

NOTE: Please note that pages that are further up in the structure must also be approved for publication. A subpage will NOT be published if the parent page is not also approved for publication.

Unpublish a page

  • Uncheck the Approve this version for publishing.

Now, the page will be unpublished at the next publicatoin.

Sitecore publish frequency

Sitecore runs an automatic publication/publish 4 times per hour.

Publish multiple subpages at once

If you have created a page with many sub-pages, you can mark all pages for publication at once.

  • Stand on the top side
  • Select Approve all versions - including subitems.

Now the page and all subpages will be marked for publication at once.

Mark for later publication

If you want your page to publish at a later time, you can change the date of publication.

  • Select the Publish tab
  • Press Change

Now the Publishing Settings dialog will open.

  • Select the Element tab
  • Check that 'Publishable' is ticked
  • Select the desired date
  • Select the desired time

Now the page will be published after the time you specified. NB: Be aware that Sitecore publishes four times an hour. The publication will therefore only take place at the first publication after the time you have specified.

You can also set a page to unpublish at a given time by selecting the date and time in the "Publishable to:" fields.