Work with locked and draft items
Overview
Items can be locked because:
- They are being edited by another user
- A draft item has been created
To unlock items, go to:
Administration | Web Content Libraries | View locked items
When a user is editing an item, the item is locked to other users. This means other users cannot edit the item until the current user closes the item being edited. A lock symbol 
is displayed against items that are currently locked.
Users with administrator access can unlock items currently being edited by a user by selecting an item and then clicking the Unlock button.
Users with manager access can also unlock items if they have manager access to both the item and the item's library.
Hierarchical item locking options
Locking of site areas, taxonomies, and categories are configurable and is not enabled by default.When locking is enabled for site areas you cannot create any children under the locked site area. For example, if a site area is locked, you cannot create any site areas or content items under that site area until it is unlocked. This only applies to items located one level below a locked parent. Items located under a child of a locked parent are not affected.
Work with draft items
When a new draft of a published item is created, a tick is displayed against the published item. This means that no other user can create a draft until the current draft progresses through a workflow and its state changes to published.