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title: "Best Practice: Manage Content in \"Staging\" Channels"
description: A recommended workflow for simplifying the preparation of content by using separate Channels before moving to shared Channel
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# Best Practice: Manage Content in "Staging" Channels

## A recommended workflow for simplifying the preparation of content by using separate Channels before moving to shared Channel

*FAQ: What is the best practice for managing content and sharing channels?*

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### Use a "staging" Channel

Instead of indexing directly into the Channel where content will ultimately be shared, make a separate Channel and index (or copy or move from an existing Channel) the content there. This way you are only dealing with a small subset of content, making it easier to tag and manage thumbnails. Then move the content to the shared Channel when ready.

**Steps:**

- [Create](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/how-to-create-a-channel?hsLang=en) a new "staging" Channel.
- [Index](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/how-do-i-add-content-to-my-channel?hsLang=en) (or [Copy, or Move](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/how-do-i-move-content-from-one-channel-to-another?hsLang=en)) content into the staging Channel.
- Add/adjust tags to content as needed. Use the [Tags and Filters Editor](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/tag-filters-editor-in-4.0?hsLang=en) or [Tag IO](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/how-to-use-tag-io?hsLang=en) to more easily make bulk changes.
- Verify thumbnails are appearing as desired. [Customize](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/avail-custom-thumbnails?hsLang=en) and/or [Virtualize](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/what-is-the-virtualize-thumbnails-feature?hsLang=en) thumbnails as needed.
- [Move content](https://helpcenter.getavail.com/how-do-i-move-content-from-one-channel-to-another?hsLang=en) from the staging Channel to the shared Channel

That's it! The tags and thumbnails follow the content to any Channel where the content resides, so the content comes into the shared Channel ready to go.

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