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How to Schedule a Publish

Want your changes to publish at a specific day and time? Learn how to schedule a publish below.

Request a Scheduled Publish

  1. Enter a scheduled date and time

    After requesting your changes to be published, select the Scheduled Date button. Select a date and time you'd like the changes to publish to the website. Note that time is entered in military time, i.e 13:00 is 1pm.

    Close up of a calendar date and time picker that appears when scheduling a posting date.

  2. Request Publish

    Click request publish as usual. When OC approves your changes, your content will automatically publish at your requested date and time. If they do not approve your changes until after your requested date/time, your item will publish at the time it is approved.

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