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Overview

In addition to standalone publishing of content using Comala Publishing you can publish Comala Publishing integration with the Comala Document Management supports publishing a page from a source draft space by transitioning the content to the final state in an applied Comala workflow.

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In the instance cloud site, you need to have

You must have

  • added configured a target space for the published content pages in the space settings publishing dashboard of the draft source space

  • an active Comala workflow on the content and the applied to a page

    • the applied workflow must include a final state

  • view and edit permission for both the draft space and the target space for publishing

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Content Pages in any state can also be published using a Comala workflow by

The publish trigger option is only available when using the app with Comala Document Management for Cloud by editing the workflow to add the workflow trigger JSON markup.

A page in any state can also be published using the the Comala Publishing standalone publishing option options. 

Publish a page

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Publishing a page occurs on a transition of the workflow on the page to the workflow final state in the workflow.

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Only one state in a workflow can be set as the workflow final state.

In the example below the final state in this workflow is the Approved state.

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The content in the draft space transitions to the final state of the applied workflow.

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Additional on-screen messages confirm the publication of the current content to the target space defined in the space settings Publishing dashboard.

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For example, a new page created in the source space, and not yet published

  • draft workflow state Review

  • publishing status NEW

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Approving the page using the workflow popup

  • transitions the applied workflow to the final state - the Approved state

  • publishes the page to the target space

  • sets the publishing status to Synced

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A page refresh may be required to update the publishing byline. The progress of the publishing action is also displayed in the publishing popup.

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On successful publishing

  • the publishing status update is Synced

  • publishing popup displays details of the last sync

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  • an on-screen message also confirms the page is published to the target space

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To view the published page in the target space View Published Version link options in the popup or message.

Where possible, the publishing of pages to the target space maintains the hierarchy of the source space.

If the page is the first to be published in the target space, it is copied to the root of the target space.

An on-screen message in the draft space warns the user that the current page has been copied to the root of the target space. The target space is identified by the space key in the message.

Where possible the publishing of content to the target space maintains the hierarchy of the draft space.

If a child page receives approval prior to before the parent page is published and the workflow triggers a page publishing action, this the page may be published to the root folder of your target space instead of its proper/desired correct location.

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Although the Comala Document Management family of apps can be is applied to both pages and blog posts, Comala Publishing can only publish page content. Any publishes pages. A blog post with a Comala workflow applied is simply be ignored by when using the Comala Publishing app.

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