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<DIV><SPAN class=171023915-24082008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171023915-24082008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm a newbie to
OpenCMS, and am trying to vet a design we are working on where content will need
to be 'staged' prior to being made publicly available. Basically we are
trying to allow for the end client to be able to preview what content will look
like at a future date, or 'post-release' when the current batch of to be
approved content is released into our production
environment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171023915-24082008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171023915-24082008><FONT face=Arial size=2>The solution we are
converging toward seems to be to maintain two instances of the CMS, one in
staging where preview is driven from that we change the server date on to allow
for 'future views', and then a complex synchronization script that syncs the
current content snapshot of all the currently 'approved' content with the
Production CMS while removing all 'unapproved' content. These concepts are
separate from the Published/Unpublished concepts in OpenCMS.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171023915-24082008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171023915-24082008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone set up
something similar? If so or even if not, any Project Architects out there
that would want to do 2-3 days of consulting to help us vet our
design?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171023915-24082008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in
advance!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171023915-24082008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Art</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Art Shectman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>President<BR>Elephant Ventures<BR><A
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