Visibility

A record can be published and still be hidden from parts of your site. Two options control this:

• Show in navigation: whether the record appears in your site's menu structure.
• Show in search: whether the record can be found through your site's search and indexed by external search engines.

These settings are independent. A record can be in navigation but excluded from search, or visible in search but not linked from any menu. Both are on by default for new content.

Show in navigation

A record with Show in navigation turned off is still published and reachable by direct URL. It does not appear in your site's menu, breadcrumbs, or any automatically-generated navigation lists.

Common uses:

• Landing pages for paid campaigns, where you do not want visitors browsing your site to find the page by chance.
• Thank-you and confirmation pages that you want people to reach only after completing an action.
• Legal pages that you link to from a footer rather than the main menu.
• Internal staff pages that have a known URL but that you do not want to advertise.

How and where the record's navigation visibility takes effect is your theme's responsibility. Different themes structure their menus differently, so the precise behavior can vary.

Show in search

A record with Show in search turned off is excluded from your site's search and tagged so that search engines do not index it. Visitors with a direct link can still reach it, but they will not find it through search.

Common uses:

• Drafts that are technically published for testing but should not be discoverable.
• Internal documentation linked from emails or calendars.
• Time-sensitive content (past campaigns, expired promotions) that you want to remove from search without deleting.

Combining the two

Where to go next