When activating pages from author to public instance the sequence of the pages gets messed up.

IE: a website tree on the author looks as following:

• pageA
• pageB
• pageC

if user activates them one after each other (a, b, c) everything works fine - BUT if user activates them in a different order (eg. b,c,a) order on public site is according to activation chronology which means the tree on the public instance looks as following:

• pageB
• pageC
• pageA

To wrap it up: order on the public side is not in sequence but in chronology of activation.