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A state is the position the content item is currently in. In XperienCentral the state of an object is either "Public" or "Not public". The list of current states appears in the "States" section:
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When an object is in a "Public" state, it can be visible on the front-end of the website. When it is in a "Not public" state, it cannot be visible on the front-end of the website.

Adding States

To add a state, follow these steps:

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1. Select the "Delete" checkbox next to the state you want to delete:
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2. Click [Apply]. The state is deleted.
   
   

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Activities

An activity is a single step in a flow of activities, which, as a whole, is identified as a specific process within an organization. Examples of activities are "create new article", "delete page" and "review article". Each activity has a set of permissions assigned to it. Roles may be attached to activities in order to determine which roles are authorized to perform that specific activity. Multiple roles can be attached to an activity.

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1. Click [Add New Activity]. The new activity will appear at the bottom of the list of the workflow model.
2. Enter a meaningful name for the activity in the "Activity Name" field.
3. In the "Permissions" section, select a permission from the drop-down list. These are the permissions that this activity is allowed to perform.
4. Click [Apply]. The permission ise added to the list. For example:
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5. Repeat the steps above for each permission that you want to grant the activity.
   
   
   
   

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1. Select the "Delete" checkbox next to the activity you want to delete. For example:
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2. Click [Delete]:
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   The activity is deleted.

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1. Click [New Action].
2. Select a state in the "When changed to status" drop-down list.
3. Select an activity from the "Go to activity" drop-down list.
4. Click [Apply]. For example:
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Deleting Actions

To delete an action, follow these steps:

1. Select the "Delete" checkbox next to the action you want to delete. For example:
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2. Click [Apply]. The action is deleted.

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1. Click the "Conditions" link or [New Condition].
2. Select the content type that the condition applies to from the drop-down list.
3. Select the condition from the drop-down list.
4. Click [Apply]. The "Conditions" link will change to reflect the number of conditions that have been defined. For example:
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5. Repeat the above steps for each condition you want to add.
   
   

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1. Select the "Delete" checkbox to the right of the condition. For example:
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2. Click [Apply]. The condition is deleted.

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This figure is closely related to the state transition figure above, however, instead of states, this figure shows the activities for each state.
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The activities are:

• Maintain Planned Object — used for content items that have just been created and still need to be completed. These content items are invisible to the website visitors.
• Maintain Ready for review Object — used for content items that need to be approved by the reviewer. These content items are invisible to the website visitors.
• Maintain Reviewed Object — used for content items that have been approved by the reviewer. These content items are not visible to the website visitors.
• Maintain Published Object — used for content items that have been approved by the main editor. These content items are public and are visible to the website visitors.

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