Lock and unlock a page

Use this guide to learn how to lock and unlock pages on your school website.

Before you start

It's not possible to unlock a page that has been locked by another user. You need to ask that user to unlock the page.
You should only lock a page if there are several authors working on the website at the same time, and only if the content being worked on is critical. It is preferable that your web team members communicate which pages they are working on.
Make sure you always unlock as soon as you've completed editing the page.
If the owner of the lock is not available, you will need to contact SWS technical support for assistance.
The home page will not publish until other pages on the site are unlocked.

Navigate to the page you want to lock then select the icon to the left of the page. The tick will appear and your selection will turn blue.

Select Lock from the top navigation, this will lock your page and will not allow any other Authors/Approvers to edit the page until you unlock the page once you complete your edits.

For your edits to be updated on your live school website you will need to publish the page.
Click on Page Information then select Publish Page from the drop-down menu.
If you don't see Publish Page you are an Author and will need to select Start Workflow instead. Go to our Author publish a page for more information.