Publish a Document

Documents in Bloomreach Content have three publication states: Offline, Live, and Changed. The current state is indicated by an icon in the "State" column in the Documents area of the Content application.

Document States

Icon	State	Description
	Offline	The document is not published and is not accessible on the website.
	Live	The document is published and accessible on the website.
	Changed	The published version is still visible on the website, but a new version is pending publication.

When you create a new document, it starts in the Offline state. Authors can request publication from users with editor privileges.

Note: You can also submit a publication request from the Experience manager. For details, see Manage Content in a Channel.

When an author submits a publication request, editors and admins see a notification in the document editor:

Editors and admins can accept or reject the request.

• If the request is accepted, the document is published and moves to the Live state.
• If the request is rejected, the editor or admin can provide feedback to the author:

Authors can view rejection messages by selecting Requests > Show rejected requests in the document view:

Editors and admins can also create and publish documents directly from the document view.

When you update a published document, it enters the Changed state. In this state:

• The previous published version remains visible on the website.
• The updated version is visible in the Document Viewer and in the Experience manager preview.
• The Document Viewer highlights changes compared to the previous live version.

To make the updated version live, an editor must (re-)publish the document.

Note: You can also publish a document from the Experience manager. See Manage Content in a Channel.