Publishing

Excluding a file from publishing with the rest of the Web site is another possible solution to workflow and task problems. If separating some of the problem issues from the rest of the general site is possible, publishing a good chunk of the site while waiting for the problem areas to be fixed is also possible.

If possible (if, that is, it doesn't affect the site flow too much), tag the problem files (to prevent them from being published) as shown in Figure 33.9 and continue to publish the completed areas of the site on a regular basis.

Figure 33.9. Selecting the Exclude This File When Publishing the Rest of the Web option in the Workgroup tab keeps you from publishing a page that isn't ready.

Choosing not to publish certain areas of a Web site is always a risky undertaking. It requires that you break the site into different sections. In much the same way as separating part of a spider web, taking away part of a Web site without deeply affecting the remainder of the project is difficult.

If you find that files you marked as not to be published are ending up at the final site, see "Files Published Anyway" in the "Troubleshooting" section at the end of this chapter.

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You should be careful when marking files not to be published. Be sure that no hyperlinks to the file exist that are otherwise published. This results in broken hyperlinks.