Publish Assets
Content editors may publish assets, within their security group, from the Asset Navigation Pane, Asset Folder Pane or the Asset Settings Pane.
- Asset Navigation Pane allows you to publish multiple asset folders and assets
- Asset Folder Pane allows you to publish selected assets or all assets within a folder
- Assets Settings Pane allows you to publish a single asset
Asset Navigation Pane
- Navigate to the applicable location in the Asset Navigation Pane
- Check the box next to the Asset Folder(s)
- Click the drop-down Action menu and select Publish Selected Folder (Assets and Children Assets)
The Publish box will be displayed for selected items(s) and all the children
- To submit the job to the Production web server immediately, leave the default set to Publish Now and click [Confirm]
The Publish box will be closed and a message will be displayed in the top-right corner of the Asset Pane "The Publish Job has been created and contains xx item(s)" - To submit the job to the Production web server at a future date and/or time, select the Publish Later radio button
The calendar will be displayed with the current date and time
- To choose a future date, click on the applicable date in the calendar
- Use the Up and Down arrows, and the [AM/PM] toggle button to specify a new time
- Click outside the calendar but within the Publish box.
The calendar will be closed and the new date and time will be displayed in the field below Publish Later
- Click the [Confirm] button to complete the action
The Publish box will be closed and a message will be displayed in the top-right corner of the Asset Pane "The Publish Job has been created and contains xx item(s)"
Asset Folder Pane
- Navigate to the applicable location in the Asset Navigation Pane of the folder containing the assets to be published
- Click on the asset folder title to display the Asset Folder Pane
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- The following options are available:
- Choose the [Publish Current folder] action button to publish all assets in the entire folder
- Check the box
next to the individual file(s), or select the box next to the File/Folder Name heading
to select all files displayed in the current grid, and choose [Publish Selected]
- To submit the job to the Production web server immediately, leave the default set to Publish Now and click [Confirm]
The Publish box will be closed and a message will be displayed in the top-right corner of the Asset Pane "The Publish Job has been created and contains xx item(s)" - To submit the job to the Production web server at a future date and/or time, select the Publish Later radio button
The calendar will be displayed with the current date and time
- To choose a future date, click on the applicable date in the calendar
- Use the Up and Down arrows, and the [AM/PM] toggle button to specify a new time
- Click outside the calendar but within the Publish box.
The calendar will be closed and the new date and time will be displayed in the field below Publish Later
- Click the [Confirm] button to complete the action
The Publish box will be closed and a message will be displayed in the top-right corner of the Asset Pane "The Publish Job has been created and contains xx item(s)"
Asset Settings Pane
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- Click the [Publish] action button
- Any unsaved changes to the asset properties (settings, metadata or tags) will automatically be saved as part of the publish action workflow
- To submit the job to the Production web server immediately, leave the default set to Publish Now and click [Confirm]
The Publish box will be closed and a message will be displayed in the top-right corner of the Asset Pane "The Publish Job has been created and contains 1 item" - To submit the job to the Production web server at a future date and/or time, select the Publish Later radio button
The calendar will be displayed with the current date and time
- To choose a future date, click on the applicable date in the calendar
- Use the Up and Down arrows, and the [AM/PM] toggle button to specify a new time
- Click outside the calendar but within the Publish box.
The calendar will be closed and the new date and time will be displayed in the field below Publish Later
- Click the [Confirm] button to complete the action
The Publish box will be closed and a message will be displayed in the top-right corner of the Asset Pane "The Publish Job has been created and contains 1 item"