Approvals with MidCOM
Approval is a switch, which is used to define if the content has been approved to be published. If approvals have been enabled, unapproved content will not be displayed in the public web site.
Newly created objects will start with unapproved status. Also, when an object is updated, it will lose its approval status as well.
In approvals it is essential to have the whole parent path of the object approved.
E.g. if there is a news article called New web site launched, which is located in folder http://www.example.com/en/news/, all of the following objects need to be approved in order to publish the page:
- folder en
- folder news
- page New web site launched
Approvals in Staging/Live
Staging/Live is a system, which uses two databases: one for the public web site and one for the content production. In Staging/Live old content will be public until new content has been approved.
This makes it possible to e.g. have a large amount of editors doing their work independently and having a chief editor to approve them, as it would be in newspaper production.
Approving and unapproving a page
To approve or unapprove a page simply click on Page -> Approve or Page -> Unapprove correspondingly on MidCOM toolbar.
Approving and unapproving a folder
To approve or unapprove a folder simply click on Folder -> Approve or Folder -> Unapprove correspondingly on MidCOM toolbar.
