How to Manage Coming Soon Mode
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When launching a new website or making significant updates, it’s crucial to keep your audience informed while you work behind the scenes. The “Coming Soon” mode is an effective way to temporarily redirect visitors to a landing page that builds anticipation. In this article, we’ll walk you through the steps to enable and manage the “Coming Soon” mode, ensuring a smooth transition from building to launching your site.
Checking your Site’s Status
You can check your site’s status (e.g., “Coming Soon” or “Live”) in the Site Admin.
Enabling Coming Soon Mode
To activate the Coming Soon mode, navigate to Content and select Coming Soon Page.
Then, turn on the “Enable ‘Coming Soon’ Mode” setting.
Alternatively, you can click the crossed-out globe icon in the top right, next to the preview button, to enable Coming Soon mode.
Customizing Coming Soon Page
To customize the Coming Soon Page, go to Content and select Coming Soon.
Here, you have the option to change the background image, edit the text, and adjust the overlay settings.
Managing SEO and Social Sharing Settings
To access the SEO and Social sharing settings of the Coming Soon page, go to the Content tab and click the Settings button for it.
Click SEO to set an SEO Title and SEO Description for the Coming Soon page.
Select Social to add a Social Share image, title and a description:
Deactivating Coming Soon Mode and Going Live
To deactivate the Coming Soon mode and make your site publicly accessible, go to Content and select Coming Soon.
Then, turn off the “Enable Coming Soon” setting and confirm your choice to make your site publicly available.
