Use the (new) publishing process 'Background publishing'
Purple Hub
This article guides you step-bye-step how to publish your article in Purple Hub, using the (new) publishing process 'Background Publishing'.
- Have a 'Purple Managing Editor' or 'Purple Editor' role in Purple Hub
- Have an article created in Purple Hub and saved as 'Draft'
- Have the (new) publishing flow, called 'Background Publishing', set up in Purple Hub. You can check this by going to 'Purple Feed' -> 'Articles' and check, if there is a 'Preview' button displayed, next to the articles in the list.
!['Preview' button in article list 'Preview' button in article list](https://images.archbee.com/ygR6KtT9QI_R0u3uKTJsm/GrN20ksGBI4IcuduzaGWx_screenshot-2023-03-28-at-173926.png?format=webp)
1. Go to Purple Hub and click on 'Purple Feed'
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2. Click on 'Articles'
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3. Choose your (draft) article from the list and click on it
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4. Click on 'Publish'
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5. Click on '+' to close the sidebar
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6. Click on 'Articles'
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7. Back in the article list, you can see that your article is already processed to be published
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8. After some time, the black 'Uploaded to cloud' icon will appear.
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You have now successfully published your article to the Purple Content Cloud to make it available in your web and/or app frontend.
If an article is stuck in queue without returning any information about a possible error you have the option to RePush (or Cancel) the process. To find this overview you can select the Publishing batch on top of the Post Overview