Draft & Publish Workflow
VOTLI uses a draft/publish model so you can work on page content without affecting what your users see.
How it works
Every page has two versions of its content:
- Draft - your working copy. Changes are saved here automatically. The draft is never publicly visible.
- Published - the live version. Only updated when you explicitly click Publish.
This means you can freely edit and experiment without worrying about breaking your live pages.
Saving a draft
In the content editor, edits save automatically about a second after you stop typing. The toolbar shows Saving…, then Saved - or Save failed - retry if something went wrong, so a change never disappears silently.
In the visual builder, your changes are saved as a draft too. You'll see a Save draft button - clicking it manually saves your current work, and drafts are also auto-saved periodically.
Publishing
When you're ready to make your draft live, click Publish. This copies your draft content to the published version and makes it immediately accessible at your public URL.
If a page is already live and your draft has moved ahead of it, the button reads Publish changes and the status badge shows Unpublished changes. When there's nothing new to publish, the button reads Published and is disabled.
Publishing saves any pending edits first, so you never publish a stale version.
Note: Publishing is irreversible via a single click - but you can always edit the draft and publish again to update the live content.
Taking a page offline
On Home, the eye icon on any published row takes that page offline. Its URL returns a 404 until you put it back online, and the draft content is kept intact. The status pill changes to Unpublished.
Revert to published
If you've made changes to your draft in the visual builder and want to discard them, use Revert to published in the More menu. This replaces the draft with the current published content.
Preview
You can preview your draft before publishing - the eye button in the content editor toolbar, or the Preview draft option in the builder's More menu. This generates a signed, time-limited URL that shows your draft content as it would appear publicly. Share this link with teammates for review.
