• Security Overview
• Clearing the Tools Cache
• Creating or Editing Article Tyes
• Creating or Editing a Group
• Creating or Editing a User
• Creating or Editing a Group Type
• Creating or Editing a Publication

Creating or Editing a Publication

A publication has Article Types and Sections associated with it.

Because publications contain many sensitive configurations, access can be restricted using the CMS's security mechanisms. See the security page for details on configuring your security settings.

A publication can either be created or edited on this page. In either case, the instructions are virtually the same.

If you wish to edit an existing publication, select it from the drop down menu and click Select Publication . You can then edit the fields you want to change. When you are done click the Save Publication icon and your changes will be saved.

If you wish to create a new publication simply fill in all of the required fields and any of the optional ones you desire.
When you are done click Save Publication and your publication will be created.

Below is a short explanation of each required field. A screenshot showing the fields filled in for the Heartland Crier, the toy publication of Cofax, should be able to clear up any questions you might have.

Required Fields

Pub ID is assigned by the system automatically.

Publication is a short description for the publication

Pub Description is the value that will appear in CMS drop downs and be usable by template creators.

Publication Name is the URL folder and string identifier that is used for any articles to be imported via the feed.

Tagline is the publication's tagline.

Rollover Time is a number from 1 to 24 (military time, where 24=midnight) that identifies when the CDS should show the next day's stories.

Default Section signifies the URL path of the default section the CDS should redirect to.

Use Date in URL signifies whether to insert today's date folder into the URL of the default section when redirecting.

Home Page is the full URL of the homepage. This can be used by template editors

Domain Name is a domain name that can be used by template editors.

URL of Main Publication to Templates Folder is the root URL of the CDS, excluding the publication folder.

URL of the Main Publication Images Folder is the root URL of the location of static resources such as images.

Cache Servers is a comma delimited list of servers that the CMS will use to clear CDS caches.

Optional Sections

If you have configured your site to conform with the P3P protocol (for more information see http://www.w3.org/P3P/) you'll need to supply Cofax with some information. All fields must be filled in for this section to be valid.

Additionally, your publication can be configured to import content and/or export images via FTP. This is an optional configuration, but, if you choose to use this, all fields must be filled in for the information to be valid. If you have not filled in one of the fields you will be prompted to go back and fill in the missing information.

Below is a list with a short explanation of each field in its respective section:

P3P Privacy Policy

Policy Ref File is the location of the XML file containing your full privacy policy.

Content Import Thru FTP

Import Server FTP Address is the address of the remote machine running the FTP server.

Import Server Login is the user name on the FTP server.

Import Server Password is the user's password.

Import Folder Location is the folder on the remote machine holding the content you wish to import.

Remote Server Uploading

Live Server FTP Address is the address of the live Cofax production server.

Live Server Login is the user name for the FTP server on the live Cofax production server.

Live Server Password is that user's password.

Live Server Folder Location is the folder on the server where you want to store your images.