--- title: "Add a destination (target) space for publishing" canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CPCL/646219345/Add%20a%20destination%20(target)%20space%20for%20publishing" format: markdown --- > Macro (aura-html) ## Overview A chosen source space must be configured to publish pages to a selected target space using the **Target space** dropdown menu in the space settings publishing dashboard. ![image](media://73506be4-5c42-442c-be25-5dba4ac317aa) > ℹ️ A space that has an existing publishing configuration as a source space or a target space cannot be added as a target space. [Selecting a space with an existing publishing configuration](https://comalatech.jira.com/wiki/spaces/CPCD/pages/7468226608/Add+a+destination+target+space+for+publishing#Selecting-a-target-space-already-configured-as-a-publishing-source-space-or-target-space) disables the **Change** button and displays a warning message. ## Add or edit a target space for publishing Choose the space settings publishing dashboard in your source (draft) space. ![cpc_publishingdashboard_enablepublishing_inactive_existiingtargetspace.png](media://9223428c-3c4d-49ee-b8f9-df95281fa05a) > ✅ For a space with no current target space configured, space administrators can choose the **Configure Publishing** button to use the [space publishing configuration setup tool](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646774970) to add the target space Choose the **Target space** dropdown menu to display options for your target space (the published space). ![image](media://73506be4-5c42-442c-be25-5dba4ac317aa) The **Target space** dropdown menu automatically displays spaces where the current spaces where you have space administrator permission. These are limited to a maximum of 10 spaces: - the last 10 spaces accessed by the current user - if less than 10 spaces have been accessed, the menu list includes the last created spaces (to display up to a maximum of 10 in the list) A space can also be searched by name. ![image](media://d2b3cc82-c59e-418b-96be-ee452e15d323) > ℹ️ The current user also needs to have **view** and **edit** permissions for the target space. Select the target space and choose** Save**. ![image](media://05cd2a11-4506-4802-a8b8-2cf9f19692d9) On change of the target space, an on-screen message confirms the target space is saved. ![image](media://2c444cd8-0554-4e59-82b7-0c72b4476752) > 📝 Adding a target space does not publish any page from the source space. Publishing and syncing are actioned by a space admin using the **[Publish space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/647038008)** option or by a user on the page using the [single page ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578988)**[Publish](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578988)** option in the publishing popup. Adding a target space to the [source space publishing dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646644089) enables the space for publishing and [single-page publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578988) by default. It also displays the option to [publish all the pages in the space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578843). ![cpc_publishingdashboard_nospacepublish.png](media://10572800-6edf-4a65-9002-26d6e173ecc4) Any changes in the space publishing configuration are confirmed in an on-screen message. ![image](media://0713c2e0-8bd6-4544-978d-87b51ee65098) The [target space publishing dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/647004780) also displays confirmation of the successful configuration. ![image](media://f13f6eca-9a8e-47df-9eee-f99820b5d0ce) An information dialog box is displayed to users when editing a page in the configured target space, warning that any changes can be overwritten the next time the page is published (synced) from the source space. ![image](media://afe7b860-5202-4ccd-a9e8-c261adaffd9b) > ℹ️ The information message notification is also displayed when creating a new page in the target space. Once [publishing features are enabled](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646251946) and the target space added, pages can be published - individually by a page editor as a [standalone publishing action](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646938974) using the [publishing byline](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646252111) to open the publishing popup ([single-page publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578988)) - as a whole space by a space administrator using the [Publish space option](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/647038008) in the [space settings Publishing dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646252290). > 📝 Comala Publishing cannot publish the source space homepage. Pages can also be published using an applied Comala Document Management workflow: - on the [Comala workflow transition to the final state](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646807871) - using a[ Comala workflow trigger](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646644272) The space administrator can also choose to limit a s[pace publish action to pages in the final state of the workflow](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/1367900293). ## Selecting a target space already configured as a publishing source space or target space > ℹ️ A space that is already being used as a source space or target space by Comala Publishing cannot be added as a target space for a different source space. On selecting a target space in the dropdown menu that is already configured as a source space for publishing or is a target space for another space - the **Change** button is disabled - a warning message is displayed ![cp_publishingdashboard_extract_selected_targetspace_warning_already_a_targetspace.png](media://193774fa-d214-4831-a723-ea96ca80322f) > ✅ Mouse over the warning message to display a dialog box with a link to the selected space. ![cp_publishingdashboard_extract_selected_targetspace_warning_already_a_targetspace_withmessage.png](media://990b6a1d-889b-40a4-981d-0b2b17e68c77) If the selected space is required as the target space for the current space, the [existing publishing configuration must be cleared](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646742317) from this space. The following dialog box is displayed when the selected space has an inactive publishing configuration. ![cp_publishingdashboard_extract_selected_targetspace_warning_already_a_targetspace_withmessage_disabledpublishing.png](media://0b29fde6-0bfd-4f53-9025-6c1821e3ec0c) If the selected space was previously a target space but the publishing and sync have been removed, by choosing the dialog box link to the selected space publishing dashboard, you can - fix the publishing configuration on the previous source space - [clear the publishing configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646742317) on this selected space ## Comala workflow applied in the target space On publishing a page from the source space to a target space page with an applied workflow, the workflow state on the target space page ONLY changes when the target page workflow state has an **Updated** transition. If the [target space has an active space workflow](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/647004717), pages published for the first time are set to the workflow's initial state. Workflow activity on a target space page does not change the publishing status, for example: - assigning reviewers - approving page content - changing workflow state For the publishing status to change, the action on the page must cause an updated event on the Confluence page.