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Ticket: Can’t preview drafts
| Status | Resolved |
| Add-on / Version | Publisher Lite 3.1.5 |
| Severity | |
| EE Version | 5.3.2 |
James Brown
Jul 27, 2020I’m having issues with previewing drafts for unpublished entries. This is on a site running Structure. So what I do is click the button to add a new page in Structure, enter my content and click the “Save Draft & Preview” button. In the preview I get a 404. If I save the draft, re-open the entry and try it again, still a 404. If I publish the entry, then do a Save Draft & Preview I will get a preview to display. So it’s just when it’s a new entry in Draft status.
I’m assuming this is just a config issue and something stupid on my end of the keyboard. Do I need to modify my templates at all to be able to preview drafts possibly?
BoldMinded (Brian)
Check your authorized preview settings. If authorized previews are enabled, and it’s a brand new entry and you’re trying to preview the draft, it will not work. You need to disable authorized previews.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uqnbr2fftrrfb6h/publisher-auth-settings.png?dl=0
Also make sure you have the status param in your entries tag correct: status=”{publisher:entry_status}”
https://docs.boldminded.com/publisher/docs/draft-workflows
BoldMinded (Brian)
“Do I need to modify my templates at all to be able to preview drafts possibly?” - Yes, see previous comment 😉
James Brown
I did have those settings… It was the status=”{publisher:entry_status}” that is was missing! I didn’t realize Publisher required any changes on the tag side. I had used a previous workflow module that didn’t need that.
One question. Since this now has a Publisher tag for the status if I ever need to disable Publisher, will all my pages stop working?
BoldMinded (Brian)
“I didn’t realize Publisher required any changes on the tag side” - there are a few very minor changes required… only those that use features that require changes.
If you ever disable Publisher, then {publisher:entry_status} will remain un-parsed and EE should ignore it b/c it’s not a valid status. A simple find and replace though would cleanup your templates.