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title: "Space Publishing - space configuration"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/AHP/649563006/Space%20Publishing%20-%20space%20configuration"
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> Macro (aura-html)

## Overview

A space administrator can use the space tools **Space Publishing dashboard** to configure the options for publishing and syncing pages and blog posts in a space.

> 📝 These publishing settings are applied to both single page publishing and whole space publishing.

## Space publishing dashboard

In the **source space** choose the **Space Publishing** option from the space tools menu.

![image](media://4798037a-8cfc-4621-b985-8817e9cc0ef4)

If no space has not been linked, a message will ask you to[ set up space publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649758232) by linking a source and target space and performing an initial synchronization of the content.

![space tools set up space publishing message](media://b718913e-a7be-47ad-9775-92093bd83e5c)

The initial configuration requirement is to link two spaces for publishing and syncing content - you must [set up a source space and a target space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649758232).

![image](media://9cb435c5-f3d7-497b-8267-a8d3fee36f58)

Choose **Publish to another space**

- the target space is set using a dropdown menu
- the current space will be the source space

The pages of this current space will be the source space and will be published to another space in the same instance - the target space.

Choose **Publish from another Space**

- a dropdown menu selection sets the source space - the space from which content will be published to the current space
- the current space will be the target space

Once the spaces are linked, all further configuration takes place in the source space space publishing dashboard.

![image](media://e8b5f92d-9aa5-436c-8660-e6f950af18f4)

## Space publishing space configuration options

The following configuration options are displayed in the **Space Publishing dashboard** in the **source space** that has been linked to a **target space** for space publishing.

- [Configure - space tools](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649726972)
- [View changes - space tools](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649694201)
- [Publish - space tools](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/650217154)

The **space Publishing dashboard** in the linked **target space** displays a link to the space publishing dashboard in the **source space**.

> ℹ️ You can also choose to simply copy the space content to another space using the** ****[Copy Space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649593767)** dashboard select a target space and configure the options for copying the content

## Source draft space dashboard

If the current space has been linked to a published target space the space publishing dashboard will display details of the linked target space and the last time of whole space synchronization.

![image](media://a0f46809-cee1-4084-97a0-e8bfd2e09947)

- the current space name (the **source space**)
- the space currently configured as the **published space **(the **target space**)
- the space publishing status showing date and time of the most recent whole space synchronization

If the current space is the source space, the space may also have a draft watermark ((if configured) added to its name in the sidebar.

## Target published space dashboard

If the **current space is an existing published space** a message will display a link to the draft space to configure the publishing options.

![image](media://8c1a4183-b91a-4413-8c86-ead8bc16e458)

> 📝 Comala Publishing is not designed to publish a child page from the draft **source space** to be a child of a page that only exists in the published **target** space. If the parent page does not exist in the published  **target** space the page will be published to the root of the **targe**t space.