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title: "Content workflow"
description: "How a title becomes a live article. The calendar, the two switches that automate writing and publishing, and what happens after an article goes out."
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# Content workflow

Every article moves through four steps: it is planned, written, reviewed,
and published. You can do each step by hand, or let two switches run the
middle of it for you.

## Plan

Plan Content puts titles on the calendar under **Content → Calendar**. Each
title sits on its scheduled day. To move one, drag it to another day. That
is the only thing that changes a date: editing an article, publishing it, or
changing its date inside your CMS never moves the card.

Before a title is written you can change its title, its target keyword,
and its generation settings from the card.

## Write

**Auto-write**, under **Brand Control → Publishing → Pipeline**, writes each
planned article before its scheduled day. With it off, nothing is written
until you press **Write now** on a card. Write now works for titles that are
due or overdue and for titles up to three days ahead.

Auto-write can be turned on once one article is confirmed live on your
site. Write and publish the first article yourself, and the switch becomes
available. It also stays off while planned titles sit on past days: drag
them forward, write them now, or delete them first.

## Review

A written article waits as a draft. Open it to read it, edit it, and change
its images. Publish from the editor when it is ready. Drafts never expire.

## Publish

**Auto-publish**, next to Auto-write, publishes each article on its
scheduled day to your active destination. With it off, you publish each one
yourself from the editor.

Two rules hold whatever the switch says:

- News and trending articles always wait for your approval.
- Articles scheduled for today go out today. Older drafts in the backlog
  publish a few a day behind them. Publishing by hand has no daily limit.

## After publishing

RankControl checks that the article renders on your site and shows the live
address on the card. Later edits push to the same post.

If the destination refuses the article, the card holds it and shows the
destination's reason, with a link to that destination's guide. Fix the
destination, then press **Publish** on the article to try again. Nothing
publishes twice.

## Where things are

| What | Where |
| --- | --- |
| Titles and dates | Content → Calendar |
| Auto-write and Auto-publish | Brand Control → Publishing → Pipeline |
| Destinations | Brand Control → Publishing |
| Writing style, images, links per article | Brand Control → Writing |

Source: https://rctrl.com/docs/content-workflow/index.mdx