Checking drafts before publication

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  chouck017894 · Member · Dec 28, 2015 at 8:59 pm

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  I have been away for around 9 months and things sure have changed. How can I check the drafts before they are published? I used to be able to sort or re-compose them and make a copy. And there seem to be no list of drafts awaiting publication as there used to be. I can’t even get a copy of the published article–just the first page. It sure ain’t an improvement.

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  toniaslimm · Member · Dec 28, 2015 at 9:22 pm

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  Hey chouck017894,

  Yes, there have been some changes. In the top left corner of the new post page is a preview button for you to get a good idea of what your post will look like once it is published.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 28, 2015 at 9:27 pm

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  To locate draft POSTS Dashboard > Posts > All Post > Drafts
  http://timeframesandtaboodata.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post

  To locate draft PAGES Dashboard > Pages> All Pages > Drafts
  http://timeframesandtaboodata.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=page

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  timethief · Member · Dec 28, 2015 at 9:28 pm

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  This isn’t related to your issue but Black Letterhead is an old retired theme and themes are retired because they do not support all wordpress.com features. The recommendation is to switch themes and that’s easy to do.

  Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do some work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme and have done any CSS editing.

  Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.

  The theme customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/ provides a preview function for exactly that purpose ie. so you can view what a theme will appear like prior to changing one.

  Note that every theme will have a detailed theme description page with set up instructions and a live demo site page that you can consult. Here’s an example:
  https://theme.wordpress.com/snaps
  http://snapsdemo.wordpress.com/

  Why don’t you try previewing one of these themes? https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/two-columns+black/?sort=free