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The Purge Process

If there are any content or sections you no longer need, move it to a pending section called "T4 Purge." Any content in this special purpose section for more than 30 days will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Below is a detailed breakdown of the T4 Purge section:

Content Items

Content Status Location Is Published to www? Permanently Deleted? Deletion Timing Explanation
Active Anywhere/Normal sections ✅ Yes ❌ No N/A Active content is never auto-deleted
Inactive Anywhere/Normal sections ❌ No ❌ No N/A Safe for reuse, seasonal content, omitted from preview
Active T4 Holding ❌ No ❌ No N/A Still excluded from publish
Inactive T4 Holding ❌ No ❌ No N/A Long-term safe storage; not published
Any status T4 Purge ❌ No ✅ Yes After 30 days Location overrides status, but give people time to correct a mistake

Section Items

Section Status Location Is Published to www? Permanently Deleted? Deletion Timing Explanation
Active Anywhere/Normal sections ✅ Yes ❌ No N/A Active site structure is preserved
Inactive Anywhere/Normal sections ❌ No ❌ No N/A Safe for structural rework
Active T4 Holding ❌ No ❌ No N/A Structure retained; excluded from publish
Inactive T4 Holding ❌ No ❌ No N/A Safe storage for content organization
Any status T4 Purge ❌ No ✅ Yes After 30 days Location overrides status, but give people time to correct a mistake

Media Items

Section Status Location Is Published to www? Permanently Deleted? Deletion Timing Explanation
Any status Anywhere/Normal categories ✅ Yes ❌ No N/A  
Any status T4 Purge ❌ No ✅ Yes After 30 days  


Need a save for later section?

A section named “T4 Holding” will be excluded from publishing. Use this section to store content that should not be published yet, is not ready to be deleted, or may be reused later.

The purpose of this section is to keep the site structure organized, especially when multiple content editors are involved. The status of the T4 Holding section does not matter. Whether it is Pending or Approved, its content will neither be published nor deleted.

Key points

  • Purged content and sections are permanently removed from TerminalFour
  • All content and sections located in a section named "T4 Purge" will be purged after a 30 day waiting period
  • All content and sections in a section named "T4 Holding" will not be published and may be saved for later
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