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Content Publishing: Depending on your security role and the configuration of the module, you can display a pane at the bottom of the module displaying the websites and pages where the content is published, as well as the ability to publish to those websites and pages. If the Go-Live date is blank, the content will be immediately published to the selected location. If the Pane field is blank, the content will be placed in the Content Pane of the skin for the selected location.
Content Approval: In module settings, there is a selection for the administrator to define if your account can Self-Approve articles, or if they need to be approved by another. If you are in the role defined by the module setting "Content Approval Role" you will not need to do anything to view your articles within the content pages as changes are saved. If approval is necessary, the appropriate user will see the article in the Content Approval module, and has the opportunity to review the changes you have made and approve them as desired.
Content Versioning: Every time you create an article or make changes to that content, a new version of the content is saved, to provide you with easy version history for rolling back changes or comparison. When choosing the articles with more than one version from the Content Manager List, you will have the option to choose any version of that article for editing. If you are editing version 1 of an article that has 3 versions saved, your changes to any prior version will be saved as version 4 of that article.
Saving Content: When creating a new article, the publishing grid will not be visible until you mark the article as Published by selecting the "Publish" button in the grey bar at the bottom of the Content Manager module. To keep the article as a Work In Progress, and not a published article, save it by selecting the "Keep Private" button.
After an article is saved initially, when you open it up for editing a couple new buttons are visible:
Keep Private: This saves the article to your repository and will not show the Publishing grid.
Publish: This saves the article to your repository and displays the Publishing grid, allowing authors to choose where to publish the content. This is controlled by the module setting "Content Publisher Role". If you are in the role selected, you will see the Publishing grid and be able to publish your content to the websites provided by the administrator.
Archive: This changes the article to an archived status, removing it from your Content Manager List, and also removing it from any Content Lists or various modules such as Most Popular or Recent Headlines. If you have published the article in the past, your content will still display as before, but the article is not able to be revised or updated using the Content Manager.
Copy As New: You can easily make copies of your content to use them as a new article by selecting the "Copy as New" button. This saves your changes as version 1 of a new article.
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