SharePoint 2010 : Publish a Page

However, publishing pages is different from publishing regular files in that you can publish pages directly from the pages themselves. When you are editing a page that requires publishing, a Publish ribbon appears, with buttons designed to assist you in publishing the page (see Figure 1). If the library where the page is located does not require approval, simply click the Publish button to publish the page for everyone to see.

Figure 1. The Publish button is available if approval is not required.

However, if the library requires approval before publishing, you see the Submit button instead, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. The Submit button is available if approval is required.

When you submit for approval, most users are not able to see your changes, but the people who have permissions to approve items in the document library can view your changes and approve or reject them. If an approver approves the page, it is published for other users to view. Approvers who navigate to the page can also use the Publish ribbon to approve or reject the page from the page itself, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3. An approver gets buttons to approve or reject a page.