[Pdweb] Public Draft (Was:Re: Exhibition Update)

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> Steffen wrote:
>> On 11/04/2007, at 17.45, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
>>
>>> does this make sense?
>> As said earlier it does.
>>
>> But i'm concerned about the state 'public draft' though. That is, to  
>> make it into 'visible for (logged in) members only'. The reason it  
>> seam used "incorrect" quite a number of places on the site, which  
>> means that making that move might cause trouble?
> 
> ok.
> 
> you are right that the portal is currently not in the state for this,
> mostly because all newly created content is automatically in state
> "public draft" and automatically visible for everybody.
> 
> with your consenus i'd like to:
> - change all content currently in state "public draft" to be "published"
> - change the default state to "published" (so new content is
> automatically visible for anybody)
> - make the "public drafts" to be viewable by members only (and probably
> rename it to "members only")
> 
> 
> is that ok?


just to add: it is not a very big deal to change all the content from
"public draft" to "published".
people used "public drafts" because they were not aware that they could
change it in the first place (i suspect); and it was visible for
everybody, so they just left it in this state.

additionally, i believe, that there is no point in using an elaborated
workflow like moderators, who can "publish" stuff that is in state
"pending" (a transitional state between "public draft/visible" and
"published").

all in all i'd say:
3 states are ok:
 - published (everyone can see)
 - visible (only members can see)
 - private (only owner can see)

the default state should be "published"


the owner of an object should be able to change between states (without
the need for a moderator); administrators are able to change the states
too; probably another group ("moderators") could be made able to change
the state too, but i think this would be an overkill.


people should be able to edit stuff even if it is already published (i
think this currently does not work as expected; you would have to make
the object "visible" before being able to edit it; this is ok for
complicated companies where someone has to censor all the content, i
don't think it is needed on the pd-portal)


if all of the above was true, then i think nobody would really notice
the difference (apart from the fact, that more links would be blue
instead of green...), so no harm would be done.



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