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Editing a Publication

Edit a Publication to change the content configuration, BluePrinting, security, Workflow and general Publication settings.

Before you begin

A system administrator can edit all Publication settings. Other users require the following rights:

  • Publication Management rights to edit Publication settings
  • Permission Management rights to edit Publication security settings
  • Workflow Management rights to edit Workflow settings

Procedure

  1. Open Content Manager Explorer.
  2. In the Publications navigation pane, select the Content Management node.
  3. In the list view, select the Publication you want to edit and in the Ribbon toolbar and click Properties.
    The Publication window opens.
  4. In the General tab, enter General Publication settings.
  5. In the Content Configuration tab, configure the default templates— Publication content configuration settings
  6. In the BluePrinting tab, select Parent Publications for this Publication— Inserting a Parent Publication on creation.
  7. In the Workflow tab, create Workflow associations for templates— Workflow settings.
  8. In the Audience Management tab (if Audience Manager is installed):
    • Specify the Synchronization Target used to synchronize data between the Content Manager and Presentation Server and the URLs of Contact Subscription pages and the Tracking page.
    • Assign Address Books to Publications to make them available to users so that users who have access to this Publication.
  9. Click Save and Close.

Results

Changing Publication settings has the following consequences:
Changing Publication URL or Images URL
When you modify the Publication URL or the Images URL, you should republish any published items
Changing Metadata
When you modify or add metadata values, other items (Component Templates, Page Templates, and Template Building Blocks) can reference metadata values via the .NET Tridion Object Model (TOM.NET).
Changing Content Configuration
When you change the default Component Template, the change affects the following actions:
  • Previewing a Component using the default Component Template
  • Creating a new simple VBScript or JScript Component Template (new Component Templates display the source code of the default Component Template)
When you change the default Page Template, the change affects the following actions:
  • Creating a new simple VBScript or JScript Page Template (new Page Templates use the source code of the default Page Template)
  • Structure Groups may inherit the default Page Template value, and Pages may use the default Page Template. If a Structure Group inherits the default Page Template value, and a nested Page in the Structure Group uses the value "Default Page Template", the new default template will be used to render the Page.
When you change the default Template Building Block, the change affects the creation of new simple VBScript or JScript Template Building Blocks. (New simple VBScript or JScript Template Building Blocks display the source code of the selected default Template Building Block).
Changing BluePrinting
When you add one or more Parent Publications to this Publication as part of a BluePrint, the Content Manager will share items according to the priority given to each Parent Publication.
Changing Workflow
When you add a Workflow Association to the Publication for Component Templates and/or Page Templates, when the respective item is created or edited and saved, the item will automatically enter the selected Workflow Process.