Page drafts allow you to make changes to your website pages without immediately publishing those changes to your live website. This gives you the flexibility to work on updates over time and publish them when you're ready.
You can create drafts for both published pages (pages already visible on your website) and unpublished pages (pages not yet visible on your website).
Important things to know about drafts
For published pages: When you save edits as a draft on a page that is already published, your changes will not appear on your website right away. Visitors will continue to see the current published version until your draft is published or approved.
Draft limitations: You can only have one draft version of a page at a time. If you save new edits as a draft, any previous draft changes will be replaced with your newest edits.
Publish history: Draft changes do not appear in your page's publish history until the draft is officially published live.
đĄ Best-Practice Adoption Tip: Use page drafts when updating major seasonal or time-sensitive sections (such as registration timelines or athletics schedules). Staff can draft and review edits ahead of time without taking down the existing live page.
How to save a page as a draft
Follow these steps to save your work as a draft:
Make your edits to the page content as needed in the page editor.
Click the "Save Draft" button located at the bottom of the page editor.
Look for confirmation in the top right corner of your screenâa confirmation alert will confirm your draft was saved successfully.
Your changes are now safely saved as a private draft and will not be visible to website visitors until published or approved.
How to identify pages with drafts
When viewing your list of pages under Pages > Manage, any page with unpublished draft changes displays a "Draft" icon next to its title. This makes it easy to spot pending updates across your site structure.
How to publish or submit your draft
Depending on whether your school has enabled Page Approvals, the publishing workflow differs between direct publishing and administrative review:
Direct publishing (standard workflow)
If Page Approvals is not enabled on your site (or if you are a Website Administrator or Super Administrator):
Open the page with the draft you want to publish.
Click the blue Publish button located in the footer at the bottom right of the editor.
Once published, your draft edits immediately go live on the website and appear in the page's publish history.
Submitting for approval (when Page Approvals is enabled)
If your school administrator has enabled the Page Approvals feature under Pages > Settings:
Request Approval: Standard users see a Request Approval button instead of direct Publish controls. Clicking Request Approval notifies all school Website Administrators and Super Administrators via email to review your changes.
Pending Approval Badge: The page displays a "Pending Approval" badge in the page list and editor while awaiting review.
Administrative Decision: An administrator reviews the draft and either clicks Approve (publishing the changes live immediately) or Reject (returning the page to a draft for further revisions). In both cases, the author receives an automated email confirmation.
Full Guide: For complete setup instructions and admin review workflows, see our dedicated guide: Page Approvals: Reviewing and Approving Content Before Publishing.
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