Approve/Decline Content

1. From the Ektron CMS400.NET Workarea, choose Reports > Contents > Approvals.

2. Click the content you want to approve or decline.

To select all displayed content, click Select All at the top of the screen.

3. The content appears. You can view the content, summary, metadata, etc.

Learn About the Toolbar Buttons

A toolbar at the top of the screen lists tasks you can perform on the content.

Button	Name	Result of Clicking
	Publish	Accept changes to the content and publish it to the site. Note: If there is another approver in the content’s approval chain, this is replaced by a SUBMIT button. If you click Publish but the content item has an incomplete task assigned to another user, the content cannot be published. Instead, the following error message appears. The user to whom the task is assigned must complete it before you can publish the content.
	Decline	Reject changes and keep current version of content live on Web site. You are prompted to enter a comment that provides a reason for the decline. The author who made the change is notified by email of the decline. The content inserted by the last editor remains in the file. If you do not want it to remain, choose the Edit option.
	Edit	Check out content and change it if desired.
	View Published/Staged	Toggle between published and submitted versions of content. This can help you compare versions. See Also: Staged Content
	View Diff	View differences between the version awaiting approval and the published content. See Also: Comparing Versions of Content
	Back	Return to previous screen.