Author unpublish a page

Use this guide to unpublish a page as an author.

A page can be unpublished from any view and there are two options to publish the page as an Author.

Once the workflow has been started an Approver will need to complete it. Approvers should follow these steps to complete a workflow.

Complete workflow

Approvers do not need to follow these steps to unpublish a page of their own. If you are an approver, go to unpublish a page.

Option 1: Start workflow from admin

Step 1: Navigate to Home

Log in to Adobe Experience Manager and select Sites.

Your school's home page will already be selected.

Step 2: Start a workflow

Navigate to the page you want to unpublish.
Select the icon to the left of the page name. The tick will appear and your selection will turn blue.
Select Create in the actions toolbar that appears across the top of the browser.
Select Workflow from the dropdown that appears.

Step 3: Select workflow type

Select Doe Page/Assets Unpublish Approval Workflow from the dropdown.

Add a message to your workflow so the Approver can understand what you are requesting.
You can also ask the Approver to delete the page after unpublishing in the Workflow Comments, if you wish to delete the page after unpublishing.
Select Next.

Select Create.

Your page is now subject to workflow. An Approver will need to complete the workflow.

Please note: Unpublishing a page will not delete the page from Sites or Assets. You will have to start a separate workflow for Approver to delete the page or you can ask the Approver to unpublish and delete the page in Workflow Comments.

Option 2: Start workflow from the page

Step 1: Start workflow

Open the page you want to unpublish.
Select the slider icon in the top left corner. This is the Page Information option.
Select Start workflow.

Select DoE Page/Assets Unpublish Approval Workflow from the dropdown.

Add a message to your workflow so the Approver can understand what you are requesting.
You can also ask the Approver to delete the page after unpublishing in the Workflow Comments, if you wish to delete the page after unpublishing.
Select Start Workflow.

Your page is now subject to workflow. An Approver will need to complete the workflow.

Complete workflow

Step 1: Approver view notifications

The school approver will receive a notification via email and when they when log in to AEM.
Select the notification icon.
Select View All.

Step 2: Notifications page

This page will display all pages that are subject to workflow and need some action.

Select the icon to the left of the page you want to unpublish. The tick will appear, your selection will turn blue and the actions toolbar will appear at the top of your browser.
Select View Payload.

Step 3: Complete workflow

Select Complete from the top of the browser.

Select Approve from the dropdown.

Add a message to your workflow so the author can understand what you have decided.
Select Ok.

A message will appear at the top of the browser confirming you have completed the workflow and the page is now unpublished.

Please note: Unpublishing a page will not delete the page from Sites or Assets. If the page is required to be deleted you will go into Sites and delete the page.

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