Work with projects

Create a project and add content

You create a project from the context menu on the Project bar.

When you create the project, it is automatically set as the active project. To add a content item to the active project, make an editing change (such as creating a page, updating existing content, uploading an image, and so on), and the content item is automatically associated with the project. You can also drag and drop items from the navigation or asset panes into the project overview to associate them with a project.

Edit content in projects

You will see a notification if the version you are working on is associated with the active project.

Content not associated with the active project but with another project is locked for editing. However, even if that version is locked for editing, you still can create a draft with the New Draft from Here button in the yellow toolbar. That draft is associated with the active project or no project at all if None (use primary drafts) is selected.

Open a version of an item that is not associated with a project but has other versions associated with projects. You will see a notification with links to these projects.

If you want to make a change that should not be associated with the active project, you have to select None (use primary drafts) or another project from the project bar. When None (use primary drafts) is selected in the project bar, you can create drafts, publish content, and so on, as long as the content version is not associated with a project.

Content items that are part of a project remain so even after publication.

Upload media to projects

If you upload media while a project is active, it is automatically associated with the active project.

Preview project content

The Preview option in the top menu lets you browse the website as if the project were published. If you click preview, you preview the active project; change the project in the project bar to preview another project. Previewing a project shows you the draft associated with the project or, if there is no draft associated with the project, the published version.

Collaborate on projects

You can add comments on project items in the project overview and, for example, ask other editors to review an item. This feature is described in Collaboration between editors.

Publish project items

You can publish multiple items from the project overview set to status Ready to Publish. You can set items to Ready to Publish from the publishing menu while editing an item, from the context menu in project overview, or the Project Items navigation pane. You can select multiple items and set them to Ready to Publish, both from the overview and the navigation pane. You publish the content items associated with the project, not the project itself.

Publishing menu

Context menu, overview

Project Items tab in navigation pane

When items are ready for publishing, you can publish them directly from Options if you have publishing access rights or schedule the project to be published later.

If you need to edit content that is scheduled, select Remove Scheduling and Edit, edit the content and reschedule.

You can continue working with a project after it is published.

Remove content and deleting projects

Remove content from projects

Remove a content item from a project by selecting the item in the project overview or from the project items navigation pane and then selecting Remove from Project from the item's context menu. Removing a content item from a project means that it is no longer associated with the project but it is not deleted from the website.

Delete projects

Delete a project by selecting the project in the project bar and then select Delete Project from the context menu. Associated content items are not deleted but are no longer associated with a project. You cannot recover deleted projects. When deleting a project with items scheduled for publishing, you can keep or remove the scheduling for each item.