In most cases, when creating a link to a web page, one simply copies the URL that is displayed in the address bar. Unfortunately linking to a LibGuides page of a currently unpublished LibGuide is not that simple. The URLs change once the guide is published, and so using the unpublished URLs will result in broken links once the guide is published.
To get around this problem, there are two solutions. The first is to publish the guide privately and then use the URLs. This is probably the simplest, although for those who wish to keep their guide unpublished, it is not the best solution.
Which brings me to solution number two. In the URL of unpublished guides there is a section that reads "aecontent". Take a look at this unpublished URL to see where it would appear.
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/aecontent.php?pid=93212&sid=695278
When guides are published, the 'aecontent' looses the 'ae' and becomes 'content'. So when creating links to an unpublished guide, which you still want to work once the guide is published, simply remove the 'ae' from the URL. This is how the above URL would look once you've changed it:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/content.php?pid=93212&sid=695278
You won't be able to check the links while the guide is still unpublished, but as soon as it is published the links should work perfectly.
I use links to unpublished guides when I want to link to another place within the guide I'm currently creating.