SharePoint provides a very robust workflow engine that can be incorporated into publishing sites or any other site. Built-in SharePoint workflows can be added from the web interface. Custom SharePoint workflows can be created with SharePoint Designer or Visual Studio.
In this recipe, we will create a publishing site that has a workflow for scheduling the publishing of content using a built-in site template. In addition, we will create a publishing page with a publishing schedule.
Follow these steps to set up a publishing site with workflow:
Navigate to the site in your preferred web browser.
Select Site contents from the Settings menu.
Select new subsite from the Subsites section.
On the New SharePoint Site page, provide a title, description, and URL for the new SharePoint site in the Title, Description, and URL fields.
Select the Publishing Site with Workflow template from the Publishing tab.
Click on Create.
In the new site, select Site...