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↓ The Vet Center website project has just started

↓ The Vet Center is already live on VA.gov

↓ When will my changes be visible on the site?

↓ Archiving published Vet Center content

The Vet Center website project has just started

1. Complete the expected content as listed in the checklist in the content workbook.
2. Scroll down to Editorial Workflow.
3. Select Draft or In Review from the Save as dropdown and enter a Revision log message. For more information on each state read the Editorial Workflow article.
   • Please know that saving your pages as In review does not send any notification to the CMS Help desk team. This is only an internal method of communicating with others inside your Vet Center. If you're having trouble or have questions, pop into office hours or contact the CMS Help desk team directly.
4. Click Save.
5. Preview your pages to ensure the pages look as you intended. Double check that you've completed all of the expected areas of content. Look for any broken links, punctuation, extra spacing and other odd formatting errors. Make sure each accordion contains the information you added.
6. Contact the Drupal CMS help desk to notify them that your pages are ready for review. Be sure to include the name of your Vet Center.
7. You will receive an email within 1 - 2 days with any feedback or changes that must be made to your Vet Center content.
8. Any feedback that you receive should be addressed as quickly as possible.
9. Inform the CMS help desk team when requested changes have been made. Note: Saving your changes as In review does not notify the team that you're ready for a review. You must contact them directly.
10. You will receive a confirmation email that all necessary changes have been made and that your pages have been sent for final review.
11. Following the final review of your pages, you will receive an email with either requested changes or confirmation that your pages have been approved to go live.
12. If additional changes have been requested, please address this feedback as quickly as possible and confirm with the team once the changes have been made.
13. Once your pages have been published, your user permissions will be updated which will allow you to make future edits or updates to the services and locations on your pages as needed.

The Vet Center is already live on VA.gov

Changes and additions to your Vet Center pages are made in the same places where you created and edited your original content. However, now that your pages are live, your user credentials were updated so that you are able to publish the content on your own. 

1. If you’re updating a service description, remember to click Update service below the description field.
2. Scroll down to Editorial Workflow.
3. Select Draft from the Save as dropdown and enter a Revision log message. For more information on each state read the Editorial Workflow article.
4. Click Save.
5. Use Preview to see your page as the world will. Make sure the page looks as you intended. Check for broken links, extra spaces and other odd formatting errors. Make sure each accordion contains the information you added.
6. If you like what you see and everything is as you intended, go back to the Edit tab and scroll back down to Editorial Workflow.
7. Select Published from the Save as dropdown, enter another Revision log message and click Save.

When will my changes be visible on the site?

Content changes are released continuously from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except for some federal holidays. More detailed information is available on the Content release article.

Archiving published Vet Center content

Vet Center content that was previously saved as Published can be archived and "un-published" from VA.gov.

1. In the Edit tab for the Vet Center page, scroll down to Editorial Workflow.
2. Select Archived from the Save as dropdown and enter a Revision log message.
3.  Click Save.

Note: If your Vet Center site is not yet published, you will not have this option available

The Draft option from the Save As dropdown menu does not archive or “un-publish” content; instead, it saves your edits within the system so that you can return to them at a later time for future publishing.