Setting Approval Chains
The Approval Method
The Approval Method determines if a content block must be approved by all users in the chain, or only users higher up in the chain than the user making the edits. The approval method only affects the approval process if the person submitting content for publishing is a member of the approval chain.
Two approval methods are available.
For example, assume the approval chain is set as below.
User or Group Name Approval Order Content contributor 1 Department Head 2 Webmaster 3If the Approval Method is Force All Approvers, and the Department Head submits content, the content must be approved by the content contributor, then the department head, and the Webmaster before it is published.
If the Approval Method is Do Not Force All Approvers, and the Department Head submits content, the content must only be approved the Webmaster before it is published.
Changing the Approval Method
By default, the approval method is set to Do Not Force All Approvers. To change the approval method for a content folder or content block, follow these steps.
- Access the approval table, as described in Viewing a Folder's Approval Chain.
- Click the Edit button ( ).
- The Edit Approval Method screen appears.
- Select an approval method by clicking the radio button.
- Click the Save button ( ).