Publish Customization
The sections below identify the entry points for customizing publish workflows. For a broad overview of how publish execution works, see the Publish Execution doc.
Collector Hook
The collector hook handles processing the current user’s session to identify what will be published. It also handles processing any file paths that have been dragged/dropped onto the Publisher or added manually via the Publish API. Once the collector identifies what is to be published, Publish Item instances are created within the tree and presented to the user.
NOTE: For more information on how to take over, subclass, and manage hooks, see the Hooks documentation.
Collector Hook API
Publish Plugin
Publish plugins are hooks that handle processing of collected publish items. After all items have been collected, the Publisher attempts to match the items with the appropriate publish plugins. All matched plugins show up as child tasks within the publish item hierarchy.
With v2.0.0 of the publisher and higher, each plugin can define a custom UI
that allows users to make changes to the publish settings prior to publishing.
See the methods and properties section below for details on how to implement a
custom publish plugin UI.
NOTE: For more information on how to take over, subclass, and manage hooks, see the Hooks documentation.