The Content Publisher module can not be inserted into your site like other modules. It must be inserted by the Host account (that's us). There is no reason to have more than a single "master" instance of the module on your site per use application. The module displays it's full power when "Shadowed" and used in conjunction with the "Latest Content" module. This section will cover the administration of the "Master" instance of the module. Later sections will cover how to "Shadow" the module throughout your site and how to use the "Latest Content" module to distribute your content. Basic module setup requires some very simple configuration. This area can be reached by selecting the "Admin Options" from the main module menu (you must be logged in as an administrator to view the complete menu). Once inside the administration area you will be presented with three controls.
The Main Options area is where the basic functionality is set up. In this area we control the following.
Filter Settings This area is where the "rubber meets the road" so to speak. For your "master" News Articles module we can leave this set to All. As we cover article creation and the Latest News module you will learn how filtering by category can fill your site with content locating it where the users most likely to benefit from it can see it. The Show Featured Only setting would allow you to show only articles tagged as Featured. We will explore this setting later in this guide. For your "master" module we will leave this unchecked.
Security The security settings will control the user roles that can create and approve articles. Roles Allowed to Submit As a general rule you can allow Registered Users to create articles. With the Registered Users box checked, anyone who is logged into the site will be able to create a news article. After the article is Submitted for Approval it will still require approval by a user with the proper credentials before it will be published. Roles Allowed to Approve In this area you control which roles can approve news articles. In general, giving trusted roles the ability to approve articles will say you a great deal of time and effort as they will be able to approve their own articles for publication. These settings work along with the Notification settings. The image below is what your default settings should look like. The roles you use may be different but the image should give you an idea of the proper configuration. Notice there is no check mark in the box Notify Approvers on Submission. Because we are allowing various roles we trust to Approve their own articles, putting a check mark in that box would send every user assigned those roles an email when and article is submitted by a registered user. The Notify Email Address on Submission should be populated with your (the site administrators) email address. When a user submits an article for approval you will receive an email indicating an "article has been submitted for approval" with the article summary. You will then need to return to the site to approve, edit or reject the article. By keeping a check mark in the Notify Owner on Approval box the user who submitted the article for approval will receive an email indicating their "article has been approved" When all of your settings are complete select "Update"