{"id":36,"date":"2026-09-15T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/2026\/09\/15\/approve-before-you-pay\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:30:41","slug":"approve-before-you-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/blog\/approve-before-you-pay","title":{"rendered":"What approval should mean in a digital project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"page-hero\">\n<div class=\"grid-lines\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"shell page-hero-grid\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"gb-text eyebrow\">Working together \u00b7 2 min<\/span>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">What approval should mean in a digital project<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">How visible stages and specific decisions prevent surprise publication without stalling useful work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"article-reading\">\n<div class=\"shell\">\n<aside class=\"article-editorial-record\" aria-label=\"Article editorial record\">\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Editorial responsibility: Mavie<\/span>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\">Published 28 July 2026<\/span>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"gb-text\">AI may assist research and drafting; a person is responsible for the published version.<\/span>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text\" href=\"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/about#how-mavie-uses-ai\">How Mavie uses AI <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"article-lead\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/mavie-e6cafc3c4cf0-blog-approval-proof.webp\" alt=\"Printed design proofs with a pencil and a clear approval marker\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\"\/>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"prose\">\n<p class=\"gb-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/templates.mavie.uk\/mavie-uk\/blog\">\u2190 Back to the blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">\u201cApproved\u201d should identify what someone saw, which decision they made and what may happen next. It should not mean that silence was interpreted as permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\">Separate drafts, previews and releases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">A draft is work still being shaped. A preview shows that work in context without making it public. A release is a named set of approved changes prepared for a specific environment. Keeping those states separate makes it possible to move quickly without pretending every save is safe to publish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\">Ask a specific question<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">\u201cWhat do you think?\u201d creates an open-ended review. Ask whether the structure answers the brief, whether factual details are correct or whether this exact version may move to production. Different questions belong at different stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\">Show the change, not only the result<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">A reviewer needs to know what is new, what was removed and what remains unchanged. A visible diff, short release note and working preview reduce guesswork\u2014especially when several people contribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\">Record who approved what<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">The project should retain the version, approver, time and target environment. This is useful accountability, not ceremony. It also lets an editor return to the approved baseline when a later idea does not work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\">Make publication a human action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Tools and agents can prepare content, run checks and assemble releases. A person with responsibility for the website should approve consequential publication. 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