Submitting for publication

Having the right to publish depends on your role in Silva. If you are an Author, you may request approval of your content and the responsible Editor will review it and publish it or inform you why it is not published.

As an Author there are three ways to submit a request for approval for your work.
You can request approval for:

a single document
for a folder containing a number of documents
for a publication containing many folders

Approval for a single document

Navigate to the document you wish to submit to an editor for publication.
Click on the publish tab in the top navigation bar of the Silva management area. This will take you to the publication status area. (Fig. 1.)
You can request the document be published for a specific date range by filling in the content publish time and the expiration time. If your content is approved, it will become publicly visible only within the time frame specified. (Fig. 1.) Setting content publish time and expiration time is optional. When setting expiration, remember to turn it on (like an alarm clock).
Fill in the request for approval form, you can add a note to the Editor if you wish, and click request approval.
The Editor can respond to you via email. This will happen automatically if your Manager has set this up. Check your user settings if you are part of a smaller site and make sure you have included your email address.
If the Editor approves or rejects your request, you will be notified. At any time in between you can withdraw your request by visiting the document and clicking the revoke approval button (alt-v).

Fig. 1. Submitting your work for publication.

An Author can include a message that is received by the Editor. Likewise, the Editor can reply if for some reason the request is rejected.

If Silva is setup with an Email Message Service, these messages will be sent by email, including an automatic link to the corresponding location. When using the publish screen of a folder or publication, an automatically generated message is sent to the other party.

Approval for a folder or publication

Navigate to the folder or publication you wish to submit to an editor for publication. Continue using the steps for approval for a single document located above.