Keep Your Duda Website Pages Offline and Unindexed with Fix8 Media
With Duda drafts, you can now have complete control over the visibility and indexing of your site pages. Say goodbye to unfinished or outdated content being accidentally posted to your website or to search engines. Let's dive into the details and see how drafts can enhance your editing process.
Why Set a Page as a Draft?
There are various scenarios where using drafts can greatly benefit your site building workflow. Here are a few common use cases:
1. Designing a work-in-progress page: When you're still in the process of creating a new page for your site and it's not ready to go live yet, you can set it as a draft. This way, it remains hidden from the public until you're satisfied with the final version.
2. Hiding restricted or outdated content: Suppose you have a page that contains information you don't want your site visitors or search engines like Google to see. By setting it as a draft, you can keep it hidden from view and ensure only authorized individuals have access to it.
3. Other creative possibilities: The use of drafts is not limited to the above cases alone. You can leverage drafts as initial design concepts for a site page, create backups of valuable content, or explore other unique use cases that suit your specific needs.
How Drafts Work
Even when a page is set as a draft, you can still perform various actions within the Duda platform while building your other pages. For instance, you can choose the draft page when using the Link Picker or setting up members-only content. To help you keep track of your draft pages, Duda has added a small draft indication icon, serving as a reminder that the page is not yet live.
Publishing a Draft Page
Once you've worked on a new page and it's finally ready to go live, simply access the page's settings in the Pages panel and select "Stage draft for publish." The page will become live the next time you republish your entire site. It's important to note that draft pages are excluded from your site's default sitemap, ensuring they won't be indexed or crawled by search engines.
