Viewing your product lets you preview exactly what your customers will see after signing up.
You can preview pretty much any product type, including online courses, downloads, events, etc.
Keep in mind that some actions are limited while you're viewing your product as a customer, such as viewing or taking quizzes.
Viewing your product as a customer
Here's how to view your product or event as a customer:
From your home feed, click on your site name and select Admin from the dropdown menu.
From the admin dashboard, use the sidebar menu and click:
Products, if you want to view a product (such as an online course, download, coaching session, or bundle).
Events, if you want to view an event.
Click "..." next to the product/event you'd like to view, and select "View product/event" from the dropdown menu.
You’ll be taken to the Products/Events tab in your home feed, where you can navigate through and view all the content included in the product or event you’re previewing.
FAQs
Can I take quizzes while I'm viewing the product as a customer?
Can I take quizzes while I'm viewing the product as a customer?
No. Quizzes won’t be available while you’re viewing your product as a customer.
When using the customer view, quizzes are hidden from the course lesson overview on your end, even though they’ll still be visible and available to your customers.
How will delays show if I'm viewing the product as a customer?
How will delays show if I'm viewing the product as a customer?
If your course has delayed content, the preview won’t reflect exactly how content is released for enrolled customers, since delays are personalized for each person based on when they joined.
Instead of showing the actual unlock dates your customers will see, the preview will display the number of delay days you’ve configured.
Can I view draft products?
Can I view draft products?
Yes. You can preview draft products.
However, if a product doesn’t have any content yet, the preview option will be disabled.
What does "You are in preview mode so some actions are limited" mean?
What does "You are in preview mode so some actions are limited" mean?
When you’re logged into your Podia account as an admin and try to access member-only areas using the same browser session, you may see the following notice:
“You are in preview mode so some actions are limited.”
This message is only shown to account admins. It appears because your browser is still using your admin session cookies.
In most cases, there’s no need to log in with a separate customer account. Podia’s Home Feed already lets you experience your site from a member’s perspective while maintaining access to your admin account.
If you’d still like to test the experience using a separate member account, we recommend:
Logging into the member account in a different browser, or
Opening a private/incognito window and signing in as the member there
This creates a separate session and allows you to experience your site exactly as a member would, without any admin-related preview notices.
What actions are limited if I'm viewing my courses as an admin?
What actions are limited if I'm viewing my courses as an admin?
While Podia allows you to experience all of your products as a member, some actions - especially in online courses - cannot be performed by you as the admin.
The include:
Taking quizzes
Marking lessons as complete and making progress on online courses