Creating a Publication Channel for WordPress in Enterprise Server 9

Info: This feature requires Enterprise Server version 9.2 or higher.

This article describes how to set up a Publication Channel in Enterprise Server 9 for publishing content to WordPress.

Step 1. Access the Brand Maintenance page.

Step 2. Locate the Publication Channel options.

Step 3. Click Add.

The Publication Channel Maintenance page appears.

Step 4. In the Name field, enter a name.

Step 5. In the Description field, enter a description.

Step 6. From the Publication Channel Type list, choose Web.

Step 7. From the Publish System list, choose WordPress Publishing Connector.

Note: When this option is not available, make sure that the WordPress Enterprise Server plug-in is installed and enabled.

Step 8. (Optional, only when the auto-complete feature for tags is going to be used. See Linking WordPress tags to a Suggestion Provider). From the Suggestion Provider list, choose the provider for suggesting tags.

Note: The default Suggestion Provider in Enterprise is the one from OpenCalais.

Step 9. Click Create.

The Issues section appears.

Step 10. Click Add Issue.

The Issue Maintenance page appears.

Step 11. Fill out the details.

• Name. Name of the Issue.

• Subject. This feature is currently not functional.

• Description. Description of the Issue.

• Active. Use to deactivate the Issue. This will hide the Issue and all objects assigned to the Issue from the users without actually removing the Issue from the system.

Step 12. Click Update.

Finishing the setup

Step 13. Click the arrow at the bottom of the page to return to the Publication Channel Maintenance page.

Step 14. (Optional) Add additional Issues as needed.

Step 15. Click the arrow at the bottom of the page to return to the Brand Maintenance page.

Step 16. (Optional) Add additional Publication Channels as needed.

Step 17. (Optional, only if multiple Publication Channels have been created) From the Default Publication Channel list at the top of the Brand Maintenance page, choose the default Publication Channel that should act as the default WordPress channel.

Note: In order for this feature to work properly, it is imperative that an order sequence for the created Issues is correctly specified on the Publication Channel Maintenance page. If this is not done (or not done correctly), Enterprise may not be able to properly determine the Previous and Next issues.

Step 18. Click Update.