<p>Live Preview will be available when the following are true:</p>

<ul>
<li>The section’s “Entries in this section have their own URLs” setting is checked</li>
<li>The section’s “Entry Template” setting points to a valid template path</li>
<li>The entry has been saved</li>
</ul>

<p>It doesn’t matter if the entry is enabled or not.</p>

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2015-10-28T23:05:03.357Z
All of those conditions are met. I'll send in some logs from the dashboard widget.
Tom De Smet
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2015-11-13T21:57:07.930Z
I have checked everything again and all conditions are met, but now I see that I actually don't use the "entries own url" setting. It's enabled, so I get the live preview button, but I use dynamic routing to create my own url's (because I need to add a category as a segment in the URL). So that's probably where it goes wrong. I check the last segment of the URI as the slug of the product and set my entry manually by it. So how do I make live preview work than?
Tom De Smet
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2015-11-15T00:21:45.063Z
@TomDeSmet You should probably create a new thread for that last question.
Mats Mikkel Rummelhoff
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2015-10-25T16:26:37.850Z
Brandon Kelly
<p>I assume your entry has a category field in it? In your section's settings, use something like this for the format URL:</p>

<pre><code>{myCategoryField.first().slug}/{slug}
</code></pre>

<p>No need to roll you own routing, Craft will add the category's slug to your URL and do all of that properly for you.</p>

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2015-11-14T01:31:26.510Z
RitterKnight
<p>I have a few entries which are set to disabled. It seems that the live preview is not working then. It only works when the entry status is enabled.</p>

<p>This seems more like a bug than a feature, right?</p>

<hr>

<p><strong>Update</strong></p>

<p>I have checked everything again and all conditions stated by Brandon below are met, but now I see that I actually don't use the "entries own url" setting. It's enabled, so I get the live preview button, but I use dynamic routing to create my own url's (because I need to add a category as a segment in the URL).</p>

<p>So that's probably where it goes wrong. I check the last segment of the URI as the slug of the specific entry and set my entry manually by it.</p>

<p>So how do I make live preview work than?</p>

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2015-11-14T00:56:27.870Z
Include your partial into the template specified in the section's settings. Or redirect.
carlcs
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No live preview available when entry status is set to disabled?
# No live preview available when entry status is set to disabled?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-25)

I have a few entries which are set to disabled. It seems that the live preview is not working then. It only works when the entry status is enabled.

This seems more like a bug than a feature, right?

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**Update**

I have checked everything again and all conditions stated by Brandon below are met, but now I see that I actually don't use the "entries own url" setting. It's enabled, so I get the live preview button, but I use dynamic routing to create my own url's (because I need to add a category as a segment in the URL).

So that's probably where it goes wrong. I check the last segment of the URI as the slug of the specific entry and set my entry manually by it.

So how do I make live preview work than?

**Tags:** live-preview, status

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Include your partial into the template specified in the section's settings. Or redirect.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-10-25. Score: 7

Live Preview will be available when the following are true:

* The section’s “Entries in this section have their own URLs” setting is checked
* The section’s “Entry Template” setting points to a valid template path
* The entry has been saved

It doesn’t matter if the entry is enabled or not.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: All of those conditions are met. I'll send in some logs from the dashboard widget.  
> **username_0**: I have checked everything again and all conditions are met, but now I see that I actually don't use the "entries own url" setting. It's enabled, so I get the live preview button, but I use dynamic routing to create my own url's (because I need to add a category as a segment in the URL). So that's probably where it goes wrong. I check the last segment of the URI as the slug of the product and set my entry manually by it. So how do I make live preview work than?  
> **username_3**: @TomDeSmet You should probably create a new thread for that last question.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-11-14. Score: 1

I assume your entry has a category field in it? In your section's settings, use something like this for the format URL:
{myCategoryField.first().slug}/{slug}

No need to roll you own routing, Craft will add the category's slug to your URL and do all of that properly for you.


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