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kimberly32
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Apr 14, 2026

How best to apply extensive edits to a live page?

What are best practices for extensive editing of a live page?
I've seen some cautions against working in a prolonged editing session of a live page without publishing it. Instead, some recommend making a working copy of the live page and then when the working copy is ready to publish, you would change the live page URL to something else, followed by changing the working page URL to the original live page's URL and then publishing. What are the pros and cons of this approach?

Is there a better way?

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  • Rob_Elliott's avatar
    Rob_Elliott
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    Apr 16, 2026

    I wouldn't recommend changing page URLs. You just need to make sure you frequently use the Save and Close feature. It closes the page but doesn't publish it. When you open the page again the changes are still there and you can make more changes and Save and Close again, or if the page is ready for publishing click the Republish button.


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