Ektron CMS400.NET Administrator Manual

Approve ( )
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View History ( )
Getting Started
When logged in as a user who is part of an approval chain, you
may see content with a yellow border. The yellow border indicates
that the content is in the approval chain. If you are the next
approver of the content, an Approve button ( ) appears in the
toolbar.
To approve submitted content, follow these steps.
1. Browse to a content that is submitted and awaiting your
approval.
2. See Also: If the floating toolbar does not appear, right click the
mouse to display it.
3. Click the Approve button ( ).
4. The Approve Content screen is displayed.
5. Perform one of the following actions:
- Approve ( ) the content and submit it to the next
approver. If you are the last approver, the content is
published to the site.
- Decline ( ) the content, which checks the content in and
makes it available for editing by all users with permissions
If the content has any active tasks, a comments window pops up. You can insert
comments to describe how approving or declining the content affects the task.
- Click ( ) at the top corner of the window to close without
doing anything
For more information, see ”Setting Approval Chains” on page 556.
Each time content is checked in or published, a snapshot is made
of it and stored in Ektron CMS400.NET.You can access and view
historical versions of the content.
To view the history for a content item, follow these steps.
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