Inside TYPO3, publishing means moving content from a draft copy to a published version. It will update the content presented to visitors with the changes made since the last publish date.

Only workspace publishers may publish content--not NDSU-IT or CMS administrators.

Publishing is independent of "go live." Publishing is an ongoing event as you draft and then release content to the site. Go live happens once per site.

Microsoft Word Analogy

In Microsoft Word, the closest equivalent to the TYPO3 draft workspace is the Track Changes feature. For the sake of comparison, the table below lists the the similar concepts between the two.

Microsoft Word - track changes	TYPO3 workspace
Changes to a document are recorded so that they may later be canceled or applied	Changes are recorded so that they may later be canceled or published
Changes are approved with "apply changes"	Changes are approved with "review"
During work-in-progress, the unofficial document reflects the changes, but holders of the "official copy" don't see this work in progress	During work-in-progress, the draft page reflects the changes, but visitors of the "live version" don't see this work in progress
After uploading the modified file to the "shared drive," it is available to other people in the department	After publish, the content is available to site visitors

To make drafted content publically-viewable, use one of the following methods to publish the pages/content.

Note: draft status reflects the pending action for the element, not what has been done. This means an element in Publish status has NOT been published.

1. After making desired changes to page/content, select the Workspace module and locate the page/content that should be published
   
   1. Alternatively, use the Versioning module and select the page where the element is located
2. In the Publish column, click the button that is next to the status indicator
   
3. Repeat for each page/content that should be published

1. After saving changes to the page/page content, open the Web > Versioning module
2. Select the page in the tree to which you have made changes
3. Click the Publish Page button to publish all changes shown in the working window
   
4. Click OK in the confirmation dialog window to accept
5. Repeat for each page that should be published

Warning: ALL changes for all sites in the entire workspace will be published with this action. It is not easily possible to undo this action. If you publish something you did not intend to publish, you must visit each page individually and revert to an older version. If it is the first time the page was published, the only "undo" possibility is to hide the page and re-publish it.

1. After saving all changes to the workspace, open the Workspace module
2. Click the Publish workspace button to publish all changes in the workspace
   
3. Click OK in the confirmation dialog