Slug

The slug is the part of the entry that goes in the web address and in the system when “loading this one item.” It’s short, uses only letters, numbers, and hyphens (no spaces or special characters).

Examples:

• Title: “Welcome to our blog” → slug: welcome-to-our-blog.
• Title: “How to use Birkly” → slug: how-to-use-birkly.
• You can also set it by hand: e.g. about-us, summer-sale-2025.

Where you see it:

• In the entry editor, open the right sidebar → General tab. The Slug field is there only (not in the main content fields). Auto-generate slug from title is checked by default: the slug updates as you type the title. Uncheck it to set a manual slug; re-check to regenerate. If there is no title on save, Birkly uses the entry ID for both title and slug.
• On your website, the slug often appears in the URL. For example the address of a single blog post might be /blog/welcome-to-our-blog or yoursite.com/post.html?slug=welcome-to-our-blog. So the slug is what identifies “this post” in the URL.
• Important: Two entries in the same collection can’t have the same slug. Each must be unique (e.g. you can’t have two blog posts with slug hello). If you change a slug after the page is live, old links that used the previous slug will stop working unless you set up redirects.

Status

Status has two options: Draft or Published.

• Draft — The entry is saved in the CMS but is not shown on your live site. Use it for posts or pages you’re still writing or reviewing. Only people with access to the admin can see drafts (and only in the admin, not on the public site).
• Published — The entry is shown on your site. Use this when the content is ready for visitors. Your templates and the Public API will include it in lists and allow loading it by slug.

Example:

You create a new post and set status to Draft. You save. The post exists in the admin, but if someone visits your blog list or the post URL, they won’t see it. When you’re ready, you open the entry, change status to Published, and save. From then on it appears in the blog list and at its URL. If you want to hide it again later (e.g. a seasonal page), you can set it back to Draft instead of deleting it.

Where to set it: In the entry editor sidebar → General tab, use the Status dropdown. Choose Draft or Published. Buttons like Save & Publish both save and set status to Published in one click.