Publish content

You can publish content items one at a time or several at once.

To publish an individual content item from the Content editor

1. In the Actions panel, click Publish.
2. In the Publish Content dialog, click No or Yes.

To publish multiple content items

3. On the Content section, select the check boxes of the content you would like to publish.
4. In the Actions panel, select Publish.
5. In the Publish Content dialog, click Publish.

Set the publish date of a content item to a date in the past

With the OrchestraCMS Past Publishing feature license, you can set the start date of a new content item to a date in the past. You might want to use this feature if, for example, you post articles on your site from external sources and want to match the start date that displays on your site with the original publication date.

Only the first version of a content item can have its start date set to a date in the past, and the start date must be set while the content item is unpublished. When you set a start date to a date in the past, OrchestraCMS retains the actual date that the content item was first published on your site, but this date will not be displayed on the OrchestraCMS user interface.

OrchestraCMS administrators must enable this feature for applicable content types.

To enable past publishing for a content type

1. In OrchestraCMS Setup, under Templates, click Content Types.
2. Click the name of a core or custom content type.
3. Click to select the Publish in the Past check box.
4. Click Save.

If you want to set a start date on a content item to a date in the past, it is the same procedure for setting any custom start date in the content item properties.

To set the start date for a content item to a date in the past

1. Open an unpublished content item in the content editor (the content item must be in its first version).
2. In the Actions panel, select Properties.
3. Set the Start field to a date and time in the past.
4. Click Save.