Drafts and projects for changes to managed pages

We can create, update, and approve pages in a draft state, without affecting the published site. When working with managed pages, we can edit pages as drafts, manage drafts with approval workflow, and then syndicate to publish changes.

The page structure is replicated in the site structure of a web content library. Because of this integration, we can add web content directly to a page with the authoring portlet. Syndication then publishes the managed page, ensuring that changes to the page and to its associated web content are published at the same time. Update pages in a draft state first. Drafts are organized within projects in Web Content Manager. When we publish draft changes to the published site, a project coordinates the updates and ensures that all drafts are published at the same time.

The following changes to a page result in a draft that is not visible on the published site and is only visible within the project:

• Any action performed using the toolbar, such as adding content to page, changing the page style, or changing the page layout.
• Change the access control granted to a page.
• Change the page properties.
• Create a child page.
• Move a page.
• Delete a page.
• Change the community or web content associations for a page.
• Create or modify portlet wires for communication between portlets on the same page or on different pages.
• Change the portlet configuration with either the Configure mode or the Edit Shared Settings mode of the portlet.

Changes to page draft elements result in either a new draft or an update to an existing draft. A page draft consists of the following elements:

• The page item itself, including title, description, metadata, and properties
• The access control of the page
• The page layout
• Any public page wires that are connected to portlets on the same page or on another page
• Any portlet preferences defined in Edit Shared Settings mode

Parent: Managed pages

Related: Projects overview