Edit, Delete, Revert, and Unpublish content

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Content management systems (CMS) allow you to manage content in flexible ways. This guide covers some of the basics about managing your content.

Unpublish a page 

If you want to save your page, but don't want it visible for site visitors, or you need to take down an old page, unpublishing is a non-destructive method for removing content.

To unpublish a page:

1. Edit the page and scroll to the bottom.
2. Right above the Save button, there should be a checkbox labeled Published.
   
3. To unpublish the page, uncheck the Published checkbox.
   
4. Save.

Content that comes onto your site via an importer (person, event) do not have the option to unpublish, since the source controls the availability of that content.

Tip: Use a temporary page

Unpublishing a page will hide it from visitors and search engines. If you want to make changes to an existing page and preview it before making it  visible to visitors and search engines, you can create a temporary page to develop and preview your changes. Once you're happy with the changes you can copy your changes to the original page and delete the temporary page.

Revert page changes

Stanford Sites saves your page revisions automatically. The five most recent revisions are stored and available in the event you need to revert to an earlier version. Older revisions are removed automatically.

To revert to an earlier version of a page, click on the "Revisions" tab.

Select a recent version, and click the Revert tab.

Delete a page

There are two ways to delete a page.

While viewing the page

1. Navigate to the page you would like to delete
2. Click the Delete tab near the top of the page
   
3. You will be redirected to a confirmation page. Select the Delete button.
   

While editing the page

1. Edit the page you would like to delete.
2. Scroll toward the bottom of the editing page.
3. To the right of the Save button, there is a link labeled Delete.
   
4. Select Delete.