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The status of your activity - Open, Closed and Forthcoming
Once you've published your activity there are 3 different statuses that it could be in depending on any start and end dates you've set on the 'Edit Activity Details' page:
Forthcoming activities
These have an open date which is in the future. If a forthcoming activity has been published, it will automatically move to open at midnight on the specified start date (whereby midnight is taken as being at the beginning of the day). For example if you want an activity to be open from 1st October, you would set the 'open' date to 1st October. Until that point, this box is displayed underneath the introductory text:
(NB: Please note that if you have optional dates enabled on your site and you remove the start date from a published activity that is forthcoming, it will automatically become open.)
Open activities
These are currently open for response, and have not yet reached the specified close date if one has been set. Open activities automatically close at 23:59 (11:59 PM) on the specified close date. While they are open, this box is displayed underneath the introductory text:
You can amend the call to action on the overview page.
(NB: Please note that if you have optional dates enabled on your site, published activities with no close date set will appear as open.)
Closed activities
These have a close date which has passed. Once an activity is closed, the call-to-action box (pictured above) is replaced by text of your choosing, such as What Happens Next or We Asked, You Said, We Did information.
(NB: Please note that if you have optional dates enabled on your site and you remove the end date from a published activity that is closed, it will automatically become open again.)