Supercharge your Umbraco Website: Part Three – Workflow

Thanks for coming back for part three of our 'Supercharge your Umbraco Website' series – we hope you're enjoying it!

We've talked about personalisation and A/B testing, and digital analytics, and today we'll have a deep dive into what Plumber is and how you can use it to implement approval workflows into your Umbraco website.

Plumber – Workflow for Umbraco

You can't make a good website without content, but you can't have good content without workflow.

As a marketer or content editor, how often have you sat at your desk, trying to remain calm as you edit another spelling mistake or some lousy grammar you've found on your website? When every person in the business has access to content management, it can be frustrating. Larger websites typically need to have a more controlled approach to content management. That's where Umbraco's Plumber workflow comes in.

Plumber is a feature-rich workflow for Umbraco, with multi-stage, super configurable approval workflows. It integrates with your Umbraco website in the back office so you can easily implement flexible, multi-stage approval processes before any content is changed or published. 

Essentially, this means that only the people you want to have access to managing your content do have access. You can choose however many stages of approval you'd like, so things like tone of voice and messaging can forever stay consistent.

💡 Key benefits of the Plumber workflow include:

• Detailed dashboards provide a high-level overview of workflow activity, making it easier to stay organised and on top of things,
• Email notifications inform your team when they've got any pending tasks, so nothing slips through the net,
• Unlimited stages – you can have as many as you want!

By implementing workflow into your website, you can really empower your content editors to maintain control over the quality of your content and provide a better editing experience for everyone.

Plumber was recently acquired by Umbraco HQ and will soon be available as part of the core product. For now, Plumber can be easily installed and configured as a separate package. We'd be happy to help install, configure, and set up workflow within your Umbraco website!

NEXT  👉  We'll see you next week for our final post of the series on everything related to eCommerce for Umbraco.