Publishing Assets from the Assets Tree
Administrators must provide users with publishing permissions or administrator permissions. See Creating Groups for details.
Users must check in the asset items they will publish.
Users must mark the asset items for publish to the appropriate publishing targets. See Marking Assets for Publish for details.
Use the Assets Tree context menu to publish asset items.
To publish an asset or folder from the Assets Tree:
- Choose one of the following steps.
Right-click the asset item you want to publish in the Assets Tree, and select Publish in the context menu.
Right-click the asset folder that contains the asset items you want to publish in the Assets Tree, and select Publish Descendant Assets in the context menu.
NoteSee Publishing Types for complete descriptions of publishing types and where to execute them.
The Publish dialog displays.
- Choose one of the following steps.
Select the appropriate publishing target in the Publishing Targets tab.
- Version Notes: CMS 10.5+
Select the appropriate publishing profile in the Publishing Profiles tab.
The Publish dialog provides a Publishing Targets tab and Publishing Profiles tab in CMS 10.5+. Use the tabs to select individual targets or profiles for publish.
NoteKeep the following in mind.
Use the Filter field in the respective Publishing Target tab or Publishing Profile tab to search for publishing targets or profiles based on their names.
Use CTRL+Click or CTRL+Shift+Click to select more than one target or profile for publish.
- Select one of the following buttons.Version Notes: CMS 10.6CautionEnsure the Preview Publish - Gather information only is cleared before you proceed with this step. Otherwise, the system generates a preview publish report instead of executing the publish.
Option
Description
Incremental
Publishes only checked-in asset items that meet the following criteria:
The items are marked for publish to the selected publishing targets.
The items have modifications since the most recent publish, or the items contain modified dependencies since the most recent publish.
NoteYou can execute an incremental publish for content that is marked but unmodified. See Publishing Types for details.Full
Publishes all items in the Assets Tree and Site Tree that are checked in and marked for publish, regardless of any changes to the content.
NoteWe recommend running full publishes for large-scale updates and not running full publishes during peak business hours.The system executes the publish, and the Publish Submitted dialog displays.
