Publisher
Digest
Publisher is a role in the system and can be assigned to a user or a group. The Publisher role allows the same actions as the Contributor and Approver, as well as allows the user to push content out to a live site; either by completing workflow that contains a publish trigger upon completion, or by selecting assets he/she has access to and selecting to publish them.
Concept
Publishers may be given read or write access to areas in the system. These access permissions are set by an Administrator at the folder level and are set for an individual User, Group or for All Users.
A Publisher level user may:
-Navigate through the site structure (read or write access).
-View content (read or write access).
-Edit content (write access only)
-Create new content using Asset Factories (determined by the listing under the New menu) (write access only).
-Copy items (write access only).
-Delete items (write access only).
-Approve, Publish, or reject content in a workflow he/she is assigned to.
-Bypass workflows to publish content directly upon editing.
-Cancel publishing jobs he/she has initiated (4.0 and higher).
A Group can also be assigned a Publisher-level role with Cascade Server. When a Group has a Publisher role assigned to it, any Users within that Group may publish content through workflow steps assigned to the Group.
ADDITIONAL NOTES- The Publisher role is often the most common role given to users in the CMS.
Technical
Using Workflows as a Publisher
Publishers are responsible for the final step in a workflow - publishing the content.
Content may appear in the dashboard as assigned to an individual, or it may appear as assigned to a group. If the asset is assigned to a group, any user in that group may open the workflow page and click Assign to me in order to complete that step of the workflow.
The asset may be viewed by clicking on the name of the asset.
To complete a workflow step:
- After reviewing the changes submitted, click back onto the Workflow screen.
- Select the appropriate Action: Make Changes, Approve and Finish, or Reject to Previous Step.
- You will be forwarded to the Comments screen. Leave your comments and click Submit.