views bulk operations

This is a duplicate of an issue I posted on the CTools issue queue, but I thought I'd post here in case people in the local PDX Drupal community might have ideas.

I have been struggling with this issue for over a week, and I was hoping I could get some advice. I have been successfully using the CTools Modal API with forms that I have created myself, and it is working great. It is an awesome tool.

i have just discover rules and i am impress.
i want to use it but i am not sure if i am making the right schema to organize what i will do.
i have read documentation (very good videos on nodeone) and search similar cases.
my english is not very good, so searching is a bit more difficult and i can missundertand things...
i would like, if you can give a moment please, that you tell to me if what i am trying is in the right way.
i know a little of php and have used drupal few times.

i have a magazine with sections and articles.
i want that when the magazine is published, the articles to be published too.