Drupal provides various options for viewing, previewing, and managing revisions of your content. This guide will help you understand these options and how to use them effectively.



  • View tab: Displays the published version as it appears to site visitors. However, if it has never been published, e.g., new webpage, it will display the most recent version of the content.

  • Preview button: Allows you to see how the content will display before saving. The "Preview" button is at the bottom of the content type form when editing your content.
    • IMPORTANT: To go back to edit your content, click the blue button “Back to Content Editing”.
      Do NOT use the back button on your browser as this will not save any changes and your work will be lost.
       
  • Latest Revision tab: Similar to Preview, it allows you to see how the content will appear after it's been published. The difference between Latest Revision and Preview is Latest Revision will only display changes that have been saved.

  • Revisions tab: Versions of the content are kept every time they're edited and saved. This allows you to view the most recent version as well as past versions. This tab is useful for viewing, comparing, and reverting changes. Learn more about comparing revisions.



NOTE: The Preview, Latest Revision and Revisions visual display may look slightly different than expected in the main site header & navigation, In This Section navigations, and footer content. If you're working on Group content, the Group colors may also be different. 

Please see below for additional information. These specific discrepancies can be ignored as they will display correctly when published.



Theming Issues


Previews, Latest Revision, and Revisions display the flagship site theme (main site header/navigation, footer content, and colors) and navigation (In This Section and breadcrumbs) so you may see them displaying different than what you're expecting. This is only a rendering issue and everything will display correctly once published. 


These differences include:

  • Beneath your webpage Title, you may see a gray navigation bar and breadcrumb that don't align with your Group or section.

  • Specifically for Groups: Instead of your group-specific site header/navigation and footer, you may see the flagship main site header/navigation and footer colors and menu items below.


It is fine to focus on page content updates when reviewing revisions. Once published, verify all changes look as expected.