Hiding Tabs, Pages or Guides

It is a good idea when you are working on new content that you keep it hidden until it is ready to be published. Of course unpublished guides are automatically hidden and those that are private are also hidden (unless the owner sends you the link). 

You can hid a top level tab (which automatically hids the subtabs) or you can hide a particular subtab.  From the Add/Edit Pages option select Change Page Info.  Select the page you want to change and tick the Hide this page option. When you are ready you can reverse this process.

Other uses for the Hide this page option include:

1. Content under construction
2. Content that is no longer current (i.e. change of referencing style from APA to Harvard on a subject guide).  You would just hide the page and create a new page with updated content.  This way you can reuse it if necessary
3. Hide subject specific tabs for semesters when that subject is not taught (i.e. AN1001 taught in SP2 so you could hide the content for SP1)
4. Create a tab to store useful information/instructions for guide authors (we have done this on the Referencing guide).

In fact I usually have a hidden tab on most of my published guides so that I can easily move boxes around and experiment with content and still have it all in the same place.  This makes it easier to discover.  I prefer this method to having a sandpit.

Let me know if you have found any other uses for hidden pages.