Publish from Publishing Queue eXtension
A much asked feature on our system is a (re)publish from the Publishing Queue, because it is there when you see an item is failed and after fixing the problem you would be able to quickly republish the item. Currently you can open the item from the Publishing Queue or go to its location, but this extension adds a Publish and UnPublish option to the items context menu allowing you to easily (re)publish or unpublish the item.
Installation
This eXtension comes with full source as a Microsoft Visual Studio solution which you can directly compile and deploy (you can use the free Microsoft Visual Studio Express edition). The package also contains a pre build extension which you can install using the following instructions:
Copy the files under Extension\PublishFromPublishingQueue to a directory on your SDL Tridion CMS server, this will be your extension location
Set up the extension location as a virtual directory in IIS
a) In the IIS console, browse to the SDL Tridion 2011 website
b) Under the WebUI\Editors directory add a new Virtual Directory, pointing to your extension location on disk
Configure extension in the GUI. To do this, find the system.config file under <Tridion_home>\web\WebUI\WebRoot\Configuration
a) Make a backup of the file first so you can always revert to the way it was with no extensions configured
b) Locate the <editors> element and add a new editor like so:
<editor name="PublishFromPublishingQueue">
<installpath>C:\Extension_Location\PublishFromPublishingQueue</installpath>
<configuration>Configuration\PublishFromPublishingQueue.config</configuration>
<vdir>PublishFromPublishingQueue</vdir>
</editor>
The editor element has 3 important elements:
I) installpath The exact location of where you copied the extension
II) configuration the relative location of the extension configuration file
III) vdir The name of the virtual directory as its set up in IIS
Thats it, after a refresh of your browser you will find a publishing context menu on your publish queue items.
This extension has been updated by Sebastien PRAT to enable multiple selections from the publishing queue.
Tags
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Publish Queue,
2011,
Publish,
extension