Preview and publish content

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Let’s talk about how to preview, publish, and delete documents using Edge Delivery. You can share pages with stakeholders before they’re publicly available by using the preview functionality available. You can use the Sidekick to preview, publish, or delete content. Installing and configuring the Sidekick is covered in detail in the first video of this series. To preview a page, open the Sidekick and click Preview. This opens a new browser window with the preview version of your site. Note that this preview web address is not meant for production. It lacks your domain name and is invisible to search engines. To make changes to the page, open the Sidekick on the preview page and click Edit. Clicking the Publish button makes your content visible to everyone on the internet. To publish, open the Sidekick on the preview page and click Publish. After a few seconds, your page will open in a new browser window on your public website. Once published, your content is accessible to everyone, including search engines. Deleting published content can be problematic due to inbound links from various sources. If you want to remove content, follow these steps. Delete the source document from SharePoint or Google Drive. Alternatively, rename or move it to another folder such as Drafts. Open the page you want to delete on the preview site and open the Sidekick. Two options are available. Delete and Unpublish. Unpublish removes it from the public website but keeps the preview page. Delete removes both the preview page and the published content. Deleting or unpublishing is permanent and cannot be easily undone. To undo deletion, restore the original document in SharePoint or Google Drive and publish it again.