I want to publish a web page but the "Publish" button is grayed out.

 

You may be using one of the page types that auto-publishes when you update the page content:

 

·   Press Release Live

·   Photo Gallery

·   Contact Us Forms

 

If you are using a page type other than those listed above:

 

Make sure you are in "Edit" mode by clicking on the "Edit" button in the control panel.  You can only publish pages when you are in the Edit mode.

 

As a check to what the public is seeing for any of your web pages, click the "Published" button in the control panel.  This displays the page as the public is viewing it on your website. (minus any of the administrative buttons and links)  You must log off your website in order to make these "disappear".  The public is never allowed to view any of your administrative functionality without having a user and password.

 

Depending on whether the page type you are using is an auto-publish or a page you have to publish yourself, you have options for each to remove the page from public view without deleting the page.

 

In the case of pages you publish:

 

Use the "Unpublish" button in your control panel (shown in yellow below) to remove your page from public view without deleting the page in case you want to publish it back to the site in the future:

 

 

In the case of "auto-publish" pages, go to the page list and uncheck the "Visible in Navigation" checkbox found towards the bottom of the right column (shown in yellow below). Don't forget to click the "Update" button to complete the action: