Publishing Overview

Stages of Publishing

There are 6 stages to the publication process.

1. Creating the page - full information on the pages that can be created within the OneStopCMS solution can be found within the Create section of this website.
2. Editing the page - A page can be edited an unlimited number of times both pre and post-publication. If a page is modified post-publication it will need to be Published again before it replaces the current version on the live site.
3. Submitting the page - Once a page author is satisfied with the page, they need to submit it for publication. Anyone with editor rights over the page location will be automatically notified that a page is waiting for them to review it.
4. Reviewing the page - The editor responsible for the parent channel of the page will be responsible for its review.
5. Approving the page - Editors can either approve or decline pages. If they decline a page, it will not be published. They will be prompted for a reason as to why they declined the page. The page author will be automatically informed by email, and sent the reason for the page being declined.
6. Publish the page - Once a page is published it will appear on the live site when dictated to do so by the Page Properties.

Publication rights and roles

The rights to create and publish parts of your website are controlled by user roles. See User Rights and Roles for details of these.

Scheduling publication.

The publication of pages can be scheduled. This is controlled from the Page Properties.

Once a page has been approved for publication, it may be published immediately. It also may have been scheduled for publication at a later time.

This is useful for controlling when your website is changed. For example, you may wish to launch many pages about a new product simultaneously on the product's launch day, but you can create, submit and approve those pages days or weeks in advance.