If you are an approver for a department or office website, it is likely that you will need to approve submitted content. This content could be submitted by content authors who are also working on your website or by other members of your office or department who are using the "Suggest a News Item" feature on your website.
Here are step-by-step instructions in how to approve content.
- Go to the staging site login page, http://staging.www.iup.edu/iuplogin/.
- Log in using your IUP user name and password and refresh your browser as prompted. For more detailed instructions on logging in to the content management system, see How to Log in to the Staging Server.
- Click the Workarea button (second button from top). Your Workarea will open to the Smart Desktop (See below, under Step 4).
- On the right-hand side of the Workarea, click on the Content Awaiting Approval link. A list of content awaiting your approval will appear.
- Click the title of the content you wish to review/approve.
- If you would like to approve the content as is, click the Submit icon,
, located at the top left.
- If you would like a closer look, open the content for editing using the Edit icon,
, and review. You may also make changes at this time. If you are satisfied with the content after making changes, click the Submit icon, .
- You also have the option of declining the content, using the second icon from left. This will leave the content in a checked-in state. If you choose this option, you should contact the person who made the submission to explain why it was declined.
- Once you have completed the approval process, close the Workarea and log out of the content management system.
