Save, Approve, and Publish your Content

The following guide has been created to help our users understand the process of Saving, Approving, and Publishing content in T4. The expandable headings are designed for users of all levels to easily reference the steps as required.

Should you have any questions, please contact the Web Content Services Team.


Note: These steps show how to publish content to the website. If your content isn't ready for public view, leave it in pending status (save but don't approve). There is a chance that pending content may be published overnight during T4 maintenance. For sensitive material, wait to add it to T4 until you are ready to publish to prevent this risk.

Within T4, there are 2 options to edit content. "Direct Edit" and "Standard Interface" (commonly referred to as Site Structure).  While direct edit can be more convenient for quick edits, we strongly recommend the use of Standard Interface.

You can always access T4/Standard Interface by visiting: https://www.t4.mun.ca

T4 URL

 

Once you've successfully logged into T4, you can access the Site Structure view by clicking the Site Structure Icon at the top-right of your web browser.

Site Structure Icon

 

The Site Structure will look similar to the example below:

Site Structure View

To edit content within a section, navigate to the Actions button that corresponds to the section you wish to edit.

Edit Section

When you click the Actions button, a menu will appear.  Click "Edit Section".

From there, you will select the "Content" Tab:

Content Tab

Once you've entered the section you want to edit, select the "Content" Tab:

Content Tab

 

Once the content tab loads, you will see a list of items contained in the section you are editing:

Content Tab Listing

 

In this example, we are editing a "Content Block" (which is our most popular content type), these steps can be applied to all content types.

Proceed to edit your content:

Save Changes Arrow

Once you have completed editing your content, navigate to the Arrow next to the blue "Save Changes" button:

Save Changes Arrow

 

Now, click "Save and Approve":

Save and Approve

 

T4 will now take you back to the list of content within the section you are editing.  Click the blue "Save Changes" button at the bottom right:

Save Changes

 

Please note: Only Moderators have access to the following steps.  Contributors must request approval/publishing from their respective moderators.

Now that your content has been Saved, and Approved, we must Publish. You can see these options in the Actions menu:

Publish Branch or Section

There are 2 options for publishing content, "Publish Section" and "Publish Branch", both will publish your content, we must select the correct option.

If you have made a simple edit to a section (that does not affect a menu item, news article, event listing, etc), click the actions menu on that section, and select "Publish Section":

Publish Section

If you have made an edit to a section (that does affect a menu item, news article, event listing, etc), click the actions menu for the entire branch (the blue text atop the structure), and select "Publish Branch":

Publish Branch

Congratulations! you have now successfully scheduled your content to be published.  This should only take a few minutes. 

Extras


While in T4, navigate to the top of the website and click on the small dot/circle to the left of the Site Structure icon:

Note: The dot will appear dark grey normally.  It will turn green in colour when it is actively publishing content.

Green Dot

 

When you click on the dot, you will see the notification window:

Notification List Publishing

Here, you will see your Publish request first listed under "Queued", then after a few seconds (up to a minute or so) the job will move to "In Progress".  Once complete, it will move to "Done".  The entire process should take only a few minutes, but could take a short time longer during peak times.

Don't panic.  If you've followed this guide correctly, your update is likely published and visible to users.

Explanation

When you visit a website, your browser saves some of the files (like images and the website code) so that the site loads faster the next time you visit. This is called caching. Sometimes, when we update a website, your browser still shows the old version because it's loading those saved files from the cache instead of getting the new ones from the website.

Solution

Hard Refresh: A hard refresh tells your browser to ignore the cached files and load the most recent version of the site.

Quick Guide: How to do a Hard Refresh

BrowserWindows /PCApple / Mac
Chrome Hold Ctrl + Shift + press R
or hold Shift and click the Reload ⟳ button
Hold Command (⌘) + Shift + R
Firefox Hold Ctrl + Shift + R Hold Command (⌘) + Shift + R
Edge Hold Ctrl + Shift + R Hold Command (⌘) + Shift + R
Opera Hold Ctrl + Shift + R Hold Command (⌘) + Shift + R
Safari - Press Command (⌘) + Option + R