SharePoint 2010 Publishing Site - How to enable publishing without going through a workflow

Question

I am working on a 2010 publishing site, and I would like users to be able to publish the page directly, without going through a workflow. On the Publish tab of the feed, there is a Submit drop-down list with a gray Publish color. I am the administrator on this site, so I can’t think of what else I can do to enable it.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Answer 1

If I am wrong, you should do two things:

• Disable content approval
• Delete / Disable Workflow

To disable content approval, follow these steps:

• Go to the page library (through "View all site content" or in another way)
• On the library ribbon, select "Library Settings"
• Open Version Control Settings
• Set Content Approval to null and click OK.

To delete a workflow:

• Return to the page library.
• On the library ribbon, select "Library Settings"
• Click "Workflow Options"
• Click Delete Workflow
• Approval of the transition page to No new instances (do not delete it if you are not sure that you will never return :))

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Here is what I did:

Site Actions → Site Settings → Libraries and Site Lists → Configure "Pages" → Workflow Settings

** Two workflows were created in this library, which I assume were the default.

Click "Delete Workflow", on the next screen, click the "Delete" button next to the workflow -----> Click "OK"

Done

Answer 3

Add yourself to the Approver SharePoint group.

Answer 4

Thanks for all your help, everyone. In the end, I did the following:

go to Site settings: workflow settings Page approval uncheck the box next to "Start this workflow to approve the publication ..."

I implement this in code, but for now I want users to see how they can directly publish the page.