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title: "Space publishing configuration set-up wizard tool"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CPCL/646774970/Space%20publishing%20configuration%20set-up%20wizard%20tool"
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## Overview

A space administrator uses the **Configure Publishing** setup tool to help set up the publishing configuration for the current space.

![cpc_spacesettings_publishing_dashboard_not_configured.png](media://2966fe31-36bb-48f1-ade4-115a31ac5da3)

> ℹ️ The **Configure Publishing** option is only available in the space publishing dashboard if a space administrator has not yet configured it for publishing.

## Configure Publishing setup wizard tool

Open the configuration setup tool using the **Configure Publishing** option in the space settings publishing dashboard.

![cpc_publishingdashboard_configurepublishingoption_extract.png](media://42e24d96-9f61-47bd-8696-624c1fc29b27)

> ℹ️ You must [add a target space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646219345) for publishing.

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> - select the target space for publishing from the dropdown menu
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> - choose **Next**
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> The Configure Publishing dialog box confirms the named target space to which the current space pages (the source space) will be published.
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You can choose to either

### Review the configuration

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> This option displays the current publishing configuration for the current space (as a source space for publishing).
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> Choose the **Review the Configuration** button to close the dialog box and display the publishing configuration in the [space publishing dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646644089).
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> > 📝 The pages in the space are not yet published.

Further publishing configuration in the publishing dashboard includes

- [selecting the user permissions for publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/1433075760)
- [disabling the option for users to publish individual pages](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646252212)
- [copying content properties](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646775243)
- [limiting space publishing to pages in the final state of an applied Comala workflow](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/1367900293)

### Publish the source space

To [publish all the pages in the space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578843)

- choose **Publish space**

![image](media://c7195de1-1f97-4198-a418-3c4915882471)

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> The **Publish the Source Space **option publishes all the pages in the space to the added target space.
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> - choose this button to open a confirmation dialog box
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> - choose **Publish** to [publish all the pages in the space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578843) to the target space
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> A progress bar displays the publishing progress.
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> On completion, a report is displayed for the whole space publish action.
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- choose **Back** to return to the space publishing dashboard

A short summary of the last successful whole space publish is displayed in **Space publishing** in the publishing dashboard.

![image](media://f73fcc30-beb3-4975-acd0-6f014f236cbf)

> ℹ️ You can return to the [space publishing report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=cpcd&title=Space%20publishing%20report&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=614696603) for the last publication of the whole space using the <span style="color: #4c9aff">**See details**</span> link.

The publishing status for all the pages in the space can be viewed in the [publishing report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/1085473466). It can be accessed using **Apps>Comala Publishing** in the Confluence sidebar.

## Clear the publishing configuration

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> The publishing configuration can be cleared from a source space and unlinked from the target space using the **[Clear Publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646742317)**[ ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646742317)**[configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646742317)** option in the ellipsis menu in the publishing dashboard.
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## Related pages

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