Editor Guide: Creating pages for internal review

A page hidden from search engines with a temporary title allows it to be shared with internal reviewers before being made publicly available.
 

Set Up a New Page with a Working Title

• Create a new page.
   
• On the page's Edit Settings screen, enter a enter a temporary working title to the Titlefield. Choose a title specific enough to recognize later, but not descriptive enough for a visitor to guess or find through search. 
  
  For example: Use "Review Abt 2026" instead of "New About Page for 2026" as the working title.
   
• Set the Save As status to Published.
   
• Click the blue Save button.

A page title forms the last segment of the page's URL. Changing the text in the Title field changes the page's URL.

Saving the page as Published, rather than Draft, generates a URL reviewers can access without logging into SiteMasonry CMS. Using the Published status also prevents issues that occur when multiple Draft versions are in the page's revision history.

Turn Off the Page's Search Engine Visibility

Enabling the NoIndex and NoFollow settings stops the page from being crawled by search engines or indexed by the internal site search.

• Open the Meta Tags panel on the right side of the Edit Settings screen.
   
• Open the Advanced panel.
   
• Scroll down to the list of Robots check boxes.
   
  • Check the NoIndex box.
     
  • Check the NoFollow box.
     
• Click the blue Save button at the bottom left of the Edit Settings screen.

Build Out the Page Content

• Use available block components to add text and images to the page.
   
• Save edits frequently. Confirm the Save As option is set to Published, then click the blue Save button.

Once the page is ready for review, click on the page's View tab. Copy the URL from the browser bar and share with reviewers.

Rename and Republish the Approved Page

After the page is approved for public display, update the page title, remove the NoIndex and NoFollow settings, and republish the page.

Rename the Page 

• In the Title field on the Edit Settings screen, replace the working title with the public-facing title.

Turn On Search Engine Visibility

• Open the Meta Tags panel on the right side of the Edit Settings screen.
   
• Open the Advanced panel .
   
• Scroll down to the list of Robots check boxes.
   
  • Uncheck the NoIndex box.
     
  • Uncheck the NoFollow box.
     
• Click the blue Save button at the bottom left of the Edit Settings screen to commit the updates.
   

The page is now viewable by site visitors, search engines, and AI crawlers. If the page URL needs additional changes to replace an existing page or match a publication, submit a request through the Ask a Question help form.