Test Hyperlink for article/topic

Chris Meister Thanks for your question! Yes, you can test a hyperlink without publishing to the community. A few options depending on your situation:

If it's a new article you're creating:

1. In Admin, go to Moderate and create the topic.
2. Save it as a Draft instead of publishing.
3. In the side column, click Preview topic in community.

The preview shows the article as it will appear to members, so you can click the hyperlink and confirm it works before anyone else can see it.

If it's an article that's already published:

1. Open the article, click Copy, and select Current category from the gear menu. This creates a duplicate you can work in safely.
2. Make your edits on the copy and save it as a Draft.
3. Click the preview link in the side column to test the hyperlink.

If you test links regularly:

Some teams keep a private category as a staging area. You publish articles there, test everything fully in the live view, then move each one into its public category once it's ready. This gives you a real published environment to work in without exposing anything to the community early.

Once everything checks out, you can move or update the live article with confidence. Let us know if you have any questions along the way.