How to hide unfinished portfolio items on Squarespace 7.1
To hide unfinished portfolio items on Squarespace 7.1, use the Ground Control plugin with the Draftify Portfolio feature. This allows you to set portfolio projects as drafts, ensuring they remain hidden until they are ready to be published.
Where are draft projects hidden?
Portfolio Collection Pages: Draft items will not appear in any grid, hover layouts, or pagination of portfolio collections.
Site Visitors: Draft projects are completely hidden from visitors and search engines.
URLs: Attempting to access a draft project URL will result in a 404 page.
To ensure visitors don't encounter broken links, you can set up URL redirects for draft projects to your main portfolio page using Squarespace URL Mappings.
For more details, check out the Ground Control plugin: Ground Control Plugin for Squarespace.