Why can't I make changes to a competition?
If a challenge is visible to members, changes cannot be made to most of the settings.
When you are creating or editing a competition in the staff interface, there are three states that the challenge can be in:
- Still being configured- The competition setup was started, but there are one or more incomplete pages in the Settings menu (on the left side of the page).
- Not yet published- All pages from the Settings menu have been configured and saved, but the competition is not published yet. Participants will not be able to see or access the competition until it is published.
- Published- The competition settings are finalized and no further changes can be made to the Settings menu pages (except for Reminders on the Communication Plan page). Changes can still be made to the Management pages.
When you click the Publish button, you will see the following message:
