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title: Use the (new) publishing process 'Background publishing'
slug: editorial/use-the-new-publishing-process-background-publishing
description: This article guides you step-bye-step how to publish your article in Purple Hub, using the (new) publishing process 'Background Publishing'.
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createdAt: 2023-03-28T12:07:15.000Z
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Purple Hub

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## Summary

This article guides you step-bye-step how to publish your article in Purple Hub, using the (new) publishing process 'Background Publishing'.

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## Preconditions

- 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](https://docs.purplepublish.com/setup/set-up-background-publishing) 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. 

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## How to publish from single article

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 

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/60078e41-cae1-411d-b962-7ea100505648/steps/2f8d59ae-41b4-413b-acb3-e1c4eb2e3acc/0c1d38d8-ea7c-4817-96c7-66c89177da43.png?fm=png\&crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

4\. Click on 'Publish'

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/60078e41-cae1-411d-b962-7ea100505648/steps/36b7132a-18b9-4d5b-a6bf-99b6026d2a02/04ae1e90-a396-4772-ba6e-0011973b5c43.png?fm=png\&crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

5\. Click on '+' to close the sidebar

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6\. Click on 'Articles'

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/60078e41-cae1-411d-b962-7ea100505648/steps/2116ea85-6901-419b-b500-e6c4ad94f343/8533cc5e-4785-4ced-9650-bf74e1257e84.png?fm=png\&crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

7\. Back in the article list, you can see that your article is already processed to be published

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/60078e41-cae1-411d-b962-7ea100505648/steps/a490c9c0-0f20-4f92-91e6-f1ab203d2374/6d86872b-e666-4396-b887-58dd1a78cd5a.png?fm=png\&crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

8\. After some time, the black 'Uploaded to cloud' icon will appear.  

![](https://images.tango.us/workflows/60078e41-cae1-411d-b962-7ea100505648/steps/2da0c72f-c289-481a-bc1f-ce761bcc3aa2/4fec57e4-ed66-431c-9156-52a4eae70deb.png?fm=png\&crop=focalpoint\&fit=crop\&fp-x=0.5000\&fp-y=0.5000\&w=1200)

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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.
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## Handling publishing problems

### Stuck article in queue

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