Publishing a publishing site page
Earlier in the chapter, we learned how to create a new publishing page. However, that was only half the story. To make the page visible to a user, the page needs to be published and approved. This recipe walks you through the process.
Getting ready
This recipe works for:
SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition
Office 365 (SharePoint Online)
This recipe uses the SharePoint "Adventure Works" example page created by the earlier Creating a new page on a publishing site recipe for illustration. The publishing sites you encounter in your own organizations may have been branded by professional web designers and the pages may look very different from the following screenshot. However, the same concepts still apply.
You will need the Contribute permission level to publish your page. You will need the Approve permission level to approve the page and make it visible to others.
How to do it...
To publish a page you have been working on, open the Publish...