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A few final thoughts

The final step in your page build is submitting your work for publishing. You have the opportunity within Sitecore to create a page unique to your content and personal aesthetic. It can be as simple or as dynamic as you would like. It is yours to imagine and realize within the basic design parameters of the McCombs site.

You are also responsible for your page and all of its content and updates. The Web Team’s job is to make sure that your creation doesn’t break the page and adheres to the parameters of the McCombs writing style (AP style), branding and SEO before officially publishing the page. So make sure you check for any spelling errors or grammar errors before you submit your final page.

Submission

• To submit your page for approval, click on the Save icon in the top left-hand side of the Content Editor.
• Now change the Workflow.
• Move to the left hand side of the column tree where you will see a little lock icon next to your page folder.

• Hover the cursor over the lock and a little draft page icon will appear next to the lock icon.
• Left-click on this, and you will see a Submit option.

• Click Submit.
• You will now see your lock icon has turned into a page icon with a green checkmark in front of it.
• If you hover your cursor above this, you’ll see that the status has been changed to “Content Approval”.
• Your page will be reviewed by a content editor first for proofreading. Once it has been approved, your page's status will change to "Awaiting Approval" by the second content editor before it can be published. 

• Make sure you submit all of your pages and any add-ons or sub pages you might have created.

Publishing

Everything needs approval to be published and the Web Team doesn’t know if it is ready for approval until you submit it. Approval is not automatic. The Web Team will have to check your page build to make sure it works and then send it through the Sitecore publishing process.

• We publish Sitecore twice daily, 11:00 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.
• It is your responsibility to construct your site correctly.
• If you forget how to do something, feel free to watch the video again.
• If you still need help, contact us!

FAQ

I submitted but I don't see my page why can't I see the update yet?

Give us a minute...we publish twice a day and it is a really big site. If you still don't see your edits on the live site, check your McCombs inbox, we may have rejected it but we will tell you why.

My page is locked by someone else but I want to submit it for publishing, what the *%##?

Just send us a note and we will unlock it for you. No worries.

I am still waiting for publishing and you guys aren't sending me an email or anything. Am I being ignored?

No, we love you! We aren't ignoring you. The most common problem with submitting is people forgetting to properly submit their work. Just follow the steps we have detailed here and make sure you see "Awaiting Approval."

Oops! I submitted something I didn't mean to. Can I get it off the live site?

Yes, just send us a note through our queue and mark it "urgent." we will take it down ASAP.

Best Practices

• Submit your work before 9:30 am to insure that your updates can be seen that day.
• Only submit when you are done editing the page, do not submit with every edit.
• Check your spelling and grammar before submitting, It will go live with these mistakes.
• Make sure you unlock your page and submit each item you want to go to publishing.