The Content Change Management Process
All content changes should be made in the Production Environment. You can edit, share and preview changes in Author before you publish the content. Changes made in Author will not be visible on the live site until they have gone through the publish workflow.
Refer to the table below to see the process, and which environment, you should use for editing and reviewing different types of content changes.
Use Case | Environment Used To Make Change | How Requests Should Be Made | Suggested Review Process | Process Documentation |
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Content Change (Includes Text, Image and Page Layout Changes) |
Production |
Agency’s Internal Request Process |
Share production Author preview links or screenshots. |
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Adding or Deleting Pages |
Production |
Agency’s Internal Request Process |
Share production Author preview links or screenshots. |
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Making Changes for Future Publication |
Production |
Agency’s Internal Request Process |
Use AEM Launches to create page copies that can be edited without effecting existing content. |
Currently not available with our instance of AEM. |
Large Site Structure Change (any large site re-organizations the would be risky to do in the Production Environment) |
Stage |
Agency’s Internal Request Process |
Review Stage production links internally or live screenshare. |
Reach out to DoIT for more information on accessing and using the Stage Environment. |
Embed Code Change |
Production |
Agency’s Internal Request Process |
Share Production Author Preview links or screenshots. |
Reach out to DoIT for more information on embedding code. |
New Functionality |
Stage |
Formal DOIT Request Process |
Use the formal DOIT review process. |
Reach out to DoIT for more information on requesting new functionality. |