[support] permission to create unpublished pages?

John Callahan john.callahan at UDel.Edu
Wed Feb 4 02:08:08 UTC 2009


Just found this module.  Looks like it will do the trick:

http://drupal.org/project/publishcontent

- John



John Callahan wrote:
> Thanks Gordon.  Workflow or rules module is the next logical step but 
> seems like a lot more work than it should be.  If a user has the 
> privilege to create a page, you would think they'd have the right to 
> decide when it's published or not.  Oh well...
>
> - John
>
>
>
> Gordon Heydon wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> there i not really a permission to do this. But I coud do this by  
>> using the rules or workflow_ng module to basically unpublish this node  
>> if they have a certain role.
>>
>> Gordon.
>>
>> On 04/02/2009, at 6:48 AM, John Callahan wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> I have authenticated users being able to create the "Page" content  
>>> type
>>> on my site.  That's the only content type they can create.  They are
>>> allowed to edit/delete their own Pages.  The problem is when they  
>>> create
>>> a page, they do not have "Authoring information" or "Publishing  
>>> options"
>>> available on the node create/edit page.  I want them to be able to
>>> create unpublished pages (when the page is eventually ready, they'll
>>> mark it as published.)  To give them that ability, it seems I have to
>>> grant them the "administer nodes" permission.  However, that gives  
>>> them
>>> the ability to create any content type, which I do not want.
>>>
>>>
>>> Am I missing something?  Is this expected behavior or is my site  
>>> screwed
>>> up in some way?  It seems like a simple enough task.   Thanks.
>>>
>>> - John
>>>
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