Page status differences?

[rash]

Hi guys,

I’m writing on a brief editor’s manual what reminds me of a topic I repeatedly stumble upon: What are the exact differences between unpublished, hidden and locked pages? Just to make it clear: There is no problem with checking or setting the status and using the result for whatever. The only thing I don’t really understand is the editor’s view: What is happening with the states beside their usage in my templates? Surprisingly, the otherwise excellent PW docs don’t reveal too much about.

[arjen]

Hi, I agree it is a bit hidden, but it is here -> https://processwire.com/api/ref/page/#pwapi-methods-constants. 

[Robin S]

The notes on the Settings tab of Page Edit are a good summary of what the statuses mean:

Hidden and unpublished pages are both excluded from selectors (unless you override this) - the difference is that a hidden page is viewable if the URL is known, whereas an unpublished page cannot be viewed unless the user is logged in and has edit access for the page.

[rash]

Thanks a lot, arjen and Robin S. At least my ignorance of the notes in the settings tabs is undoubtedly a bit embarrasing. But good to understand it for now and the future.

[dragan]

What is Page::statusIncomplete? Never saw this before...

[szabesz]

5 hours ago, dragan said:

What is Page::statusIncomplete?

https://github.com/processwire/processwire-issues/issues/252#issuecomment-467473684

Quote: "If a page is saved (in the admin) and errors are generated by the page editor form, the page receives a Page::statusIncomplete status, indicating something may be missing on the page. When the page is saved without error, this status is removed."

There is more about it in the GitHub issue.