There are a number of situations in which a page can exist in the CMS but not appear on the front-end of the website.  Here are some common reasons for this:

• A page has just been created by a content author, and so by default it is created as a draft and not automatically added to the site.
• A page has been created by a content manager that did not select the "auto-publish" option on the Content form when creating the page
• A page is an archived version; a more recent version is currently live.

To publish the Active Page, go to the "Context Tab" in the Work Panel. Underneath the "manage page history" heading you will see a list of versions of this page. A page that was just created should only have a single version here and if it is not published it will be labeled as 'draft'.

To publish this page so that it appears on the front-end site, click in the 'publish date' field. A calendar will pop-up prompting you to select the publish date. To publish the page immediately, select the current date and click the save button at the top right of the calendar. The Work Panel will refresh and you will see the word "live" appear next to the title of the page in the manage page history listing. The page is now published and will appear on the front-end site.

You can also post-date a page for publishing, just as you can post-date a cheque for processing. If you select a date that is a week from today, the page will automatically switch to live on the selected date.

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