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# Get a Post Approved Before It Goes Live

> Send a draft to review, see who is told and who can approve it, talk it through in comments, and send it back to draft for changes

When someone else should read a post before it goes out, send it to review. Your owners and admins are told it is waiting, and a teammate who can edit posts approves it or sends it back to draft. The teammate who created the post in Hiveku (not the author named on its byline) cannot approve it while someone else on the team could.

This guide sends Northwind's draft "Kenya Nyeri: Roasting a Bright Coffee Gently" to review, shows what its writer sees, adds a comment asking for changes, and returns it to draft. Northwind's other approver is its owner, Jamie Holloway, so the approver's side is described in words.

## Send the post to review

**1. Open the post**

In the left rail, click **Marketing**, then the **Content Management** card. On the **Posts** tab, click the post.

![The Posts tab with the Origin Stories Draft Kenya Nyeri: Roasting a Bright Coffee Gently, by Marisol Vance, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv/images/how-tos/content/review-01-open-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv\&q=85\&s=ae2a39055ae408825b086466eb85e356)

**2. Click Send to review**

In the **Status** section on the right, click **Send to review**.

![The Status section with the Draft badge, the Send to review button outlined, Archive and Schedule](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv/images/how-tos/content/review-02-send-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv\&q=85\&s=e994672e0ef0767894ade4c4f1b981cd)

The badge at the top now reads **In review**.

![The post's title with the In review badge and the grayed-out Approve button, both outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv/images/how-tos/content/review-03-in-review-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv\&q=85\&s=c5ba94e05be474cd6f56e7cae43f9521)

## Who is told

Your account's owners and admins get a notification in the bell at the bottom of the left rail, and on their phone if they use the Hiveku app. It says who sent which post, in the form *Name sent "Post title" for review*, with **Open it to approve it or return it to draft.** They also get an email if their notification settings send them one.

* The writer, and whoever sent the post to review, are not told.
* If no owner or admin is left to tell, the teammates who can approve the post are told instead.
* To stop these notices, each person turns off **Tasks** in **Settings** > **Notifications**; that also stops their other task notices.

## Approve it

Anyone who can edit posts can approve one: owners, admins, and teammates whose role lets them edit posts. They open the post and click **Approve** at the top. The badge changes to **Approved**, and the post is ready for **Publish**.

The teammate who created the post cannot approve it while someone else on the team could. For them, **Approve** is grayed out, pointing at it shows who can approve, and the **Status** section says so too. A writer who is the only person who could approve may approve it.

![The Status section with the In review badge, Publish, Return to draft, Archive and Schedule, and the outlined line Waiting on a reviewer. You wrote this post, so someone else on your team has to approve it: Jamie Holloway. Approving marks it ready to publish.](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv/images/how-tos/content/review-04-waiting-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv\&q=85\&s=3ef3ce60fa7564361e36bc65bf849fde)

## Talk it through in comments

**1. Open Collaboration**

Click **...** at the top right of the post, then **Collaboration**.

**2. Add a comment**

On the **Comments** tab, write in **Add a comment...** and click **Post Comment**. Everyone who opens the post sees it, with its writer and time.

![Collaboration with the Comments (1) tab outlined, and the outlined comment from Jamie Holloway: Lovely piece. Before it goes out, please name the washing station and add the brew ratio we use for the pour-over.](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv/images/how-tos/content/review-05-comment-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv\&q=85\&s=753b815c64863919676380b24e7b49ea)

## Send it back for changes

**1. Click Return to draft**

In the **Status** section, click **Return to draft**.

![The Status section with the In review badge and the Return to draft button outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv/images/how-tos/content/review-06-return-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv\&q=85\&s=987359645ed37857cc9df2ac4216241d)

**2. Make the changes, then send it again**

The post is a **Draft** again. The writer makes the changes and clicks **Send to review** again, and the owners and admins are told again.

![The Status section with the Draft badge outlined, and Send to review, Archive and Schedule](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv/images/how-tos/content/review-07-draft-again-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=4q9lWgbbx6etDjWv\&q=85\&s=e6ad3784fb65397113108b37d17d7c04)

## Good to know

* **Scheduled posts wait.** A post you schedule while it is in review goes live only once it is approved: at its time, or within a few minutes of the approval if that time has passed. See [Schedule a Post](/how-tos/content/schedule-a-post).
* **Review does not lock the post.** While it is in review, **Publish** is still in the **Status** section for anyone who can publish, so the review works when your team waits for **Approve**.
* **Comments stay with the post** after it is approved or returned to draft.
* **More:** [Write and Publish a Blog Post](/how-tos/site-builder/write-a-blog-post) and [Have the AI Write a Blog Post](/how-tos/content/ai-write-a-post).


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