Preview content
In Optimizely Content Management System (CMS), you can preview content while editing to view content as visitors will see it when published. Preview hides the surrounding on-page editing frames and panels; you can go through your website.
The preview option can display different things depending on how you are working with CMS:
- You are not using projects, or you are using projects through the projects gadget. The preview option displays the published version of each page or, if there is a newer draft, the primary draft version. You may have a draft version in a project that is not set to primary draft, in which case the preview does not display the project version. Use the View settings > Projects option (see table below for details) to view your website as if the items included in a project were published.
- You are using the projects feature. The preview option displays the active project. If no project is set as active, it displays the published version of each page, or if there is a newer draft, the primary draft version.
Click View to preview content with the following options:
- Languages – Select a language to view the content, as visitors using this language will see it.
- Audiences – View the content as the selected audiences will see it.
- Channel – Select a channel or a resolution to see the content, as it will appear with the selected settings. The options are customized for your website.
- Projects – Navigate and view the contents of a project to verify the display before publishing.
Note
This option is not available if the projects feature is enabled. In that case, the preview button displays the active project. To preview another project, you need to change the active project.
Note
You can combine previewing with the view setting options to display French content (for example) as visitors using a mobile device and with German as preferred language will see it.
