---
layout: docs
title: Working with drafts
permalink: /docs/drafts/
---

Drafts are posts without a date. They're posts you're still working on and don't want to
publish yet. To get up and running with drafts, create a `_drafts` folder in your site's
root (as described in the [site structure](/docs/structure/) section) and create your
first draft:

{% highlight text %}
|-- _drafts/
|   |-- a-draft-post.md
{% endhighlight %}

To preview your site with your drafts, simply run `jekyll serve` with the `--drafts`
switch. The same goes for `jekyll build`. Each will be assigned the value of `Time.now`
for its date, and thus you will see them generated as the latest posts.


---
layout: docs
title: Working with drafts
permalink: /docs/drafts/
---

Drafts are posts without a date. They're posts you're still working on and don't want to
publish yet. To get up and running with drafts, create a `_drafts` folder in your site's
root (as described in the [site structure](/docs/structure/) section) and create your
first draft:

{% highlight text %}
|-- _drafts/
|   |-- a-draft-post.md
{% endhighlight %}

To preview your site with drafts, simply run `jekyll serve` or `jekyll build` with
the `--drafts` switch.  Each will be assigned the value of `Time.now`
for its date, and thus you will see them generated as the latest posts.


Make the text around generating the site more clear
Make the text around generating the site more clear

Thanks to @jpiasetz for the suggestion!
