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. 
    Unless it has never been published, i.e., new unpublished content will simply display its most recent version.

  • Preview button: Allows you to see how the content will display before saving. The "Preview" button is at the bottom of the Edit form.
    • ⚠️ Note: 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 your changes will be lost.
       
  • Latest Revision tab: Similar to Preview, it allows you to see how the content will appear after it's been published. Unlike Preview, the Latest Revision will only display saved changes.

  • Revisions tab: Versions of the content are kept every time they're saved. This allows you to revisit past versions. This tab allows you to view, compare, and revert changes. Learn more about comparing revisions.



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.