Page Activation

For more information, see Pages.

Displaying different versions of pages and there current activation and display status.

Along with scheduling, all pages in unroole must be activated before they are visible to the end user. An active version is one that will be displayed to a visitor of the page when the scheduled date/time of that version pass. All newly created pages or page versions start off as inactive to prevent visitors from seeing half-completed or brand new versions. Every page version has 2 different activation concepts that govern how the page version works.

• Status
• Deletion

The screenshot to the right depicts page versions in a variety of different states. In the status column a disable sign indicates the current version is not active while the (x) denotes the version will act as deleted. In the far right column a cross can be used to change the deletion status to 'delete' a version while a checkmark can be used to undelete a version. The following table describes, starting from the top, the state of all versions in the screenshot:

Active/Inactive	Deleted	Scheduled	Effect
inactive		future	Even when the future date passes this version of the page will not go live.
inactive	true	past	If this page was active it would act as a 404 to the end user but instead it is skipped due to its active status.
active	true	past	This is the currently live version of the page which will return a 404 to the end user due to its deleted status.
active		past	The previous live version of the page.
active		past	Another previously live version of the page.

Status

Highlight of the page activation status option on the page properties panel.

The activation status controls whether this page version will be considered for activation when the 'Goes Live On' date/time has passed for a specific page. This allows an admin to set a 'Go Live On' date in the past yet still make changes to the version of this page without it going live. Once the page is ready for the end-user they simply need to change its activation status to active and the page can be visible to the end user.

To change the page version active status:

1. Navigate to a pages properties panel.
2. Select the version of the page you wish to update from the versions tab
3. Change the status from 'inactive' to 'active'
4. Click 'Submit' to save the change.

Deletion

Highlight of the page deletion status and buttons on version tab.

The second activation control is the deletion status. This status controls whether a page acts to the end user as being deleted (HTTP 404) or whether is can be seen (HTTP 200). Used in combination with Website Channel error settings this can be very useful for temporarily removing old pages or setting up short promotions that must be de-activated after a certain date/time.

To change the page version deletion status:

1. Navigate to a pages properties panel.
2. Select the version tab
3. Click the 'Delete' button to change the deletion status to 'deleted' or 'Activate' button to re-activate a deleted page version.

Note that the deletion status of a page version differs from deleting a page entirely. Pages that are removed from the index panel are permanently destroyed.