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 just doesn't appear in your site's menu, breadcrumbs, or any automatically-generated navigation lists.

Common uses:

• Landing pages for paid campaigns, where you don't want organic visitors stumbling in.
• Thank-you and confirmation pages that are only meant to be reached after 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 shouldn't be advertised.

How and where the record's navigation visibility takes effect is your theme's responsibility. Different themes structure their menus differently, so the precise behaviour 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 don't index it. Visitors with a direct link can still reach it, but they won't find it through search.

Common uses:

• Drafts that are technically published for testing but shouldn't 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

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