Just so people know, the issue for this is at: http://drupal.org/node/48731 Justin, I see that you've already contributed to this thread, so I'm saying this for your benefit - this is just for the people that don't know about the issue thread. Cheers, Jaza. On 8/10/06, justin randell <justin.randell@gmail.com> wrote:

hi all,

i'm after feedback on exactly what a "save revision as draft"[1] feature should look like in drupal.

here are some initial thoughts:

1. make it be possible to save an existing node or revision as a draft by adding a save as draft button - if there is already a draft associated with the node, copy over it

2. make it possible to 'promote' an existing revision to a draft from the 'revisions' tab - if there is already a draft associated with the node, copy over it

3. drafts can be deleted, which sets the node draft column to 0 and deletes the revision

4. drafts can be updated without creating new revisions

5. changes to the published/unpublished status of a draft's 'parent' node has no effect on a draft's status

5. add a draft id column to the node table - one draft per node. the value in this column would correspond to the vid of the row in the node_revisions table for the draft. a value of 0 would represent 'no draft' for a node

6. add a 'draft' tab to the node view, alongside the 'view' and 'edit' tabs

7. add some draft node permissions, so a user can be allowed to edit a node's draft without effecting live content

i'm not aiming for a full workflow, just to allow for basic draft functionality.

ideas, comments, etc all welcome.

cheers justin

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:27:51 +1000, "justin randell" <justin.randell@gmail.com> said:

hi all,

i'm after feedback on exactly what a "save revision as draft"[1] feature should look like in drupal.

here are some initial thoughts:

1. make it be possible to save an existing node or revision as a draft by adding a save as draft button - if there is already a draft associated with the node, copy over it

What about drafts for nodes not yet created? That is, can I create a draft when creating a node, or just when editing? You make it sound like if I've made a draft of changes to a node, then you start editing the node and save your own draft, your draft overwrites mine. Is that what you mean? Or are drafts per-node per-user? It might be better to work with the form api and add a mechanism to save the state of any form, not just the node edit form. That way any user (with sufficient privileges) could save their work in progress on any form in drupal. Later they could pull up the form again, continue working and submit (or save another draft). -Dave