vb.org Archive - vB Drupal Community Plumbing: Workflow module

This is an addon module for vB Drupal: Community Plumbing

This addon should work for both vB Drupal versions, the 3.0.x version and 3.5 version. The original version for Drupal will not work with vB Drupal, so this is a slightly modified version to make it work with vB Drupal.

What does it do: vB Drupal comes with a basic workflow. Some usergroups may create content, and another usergroup may approve it for publication and/or promoting it to the front page. The workflow module adds additional levels (states and transitions) in the process of publishing content. The additional levels are configurable, and can range from one transition, to as many as you want.

Orginal source: http://drupal.org/project/workflow

License: GPL

Installation: Import the product-drupal_workflow.xml file into your your vB product import page. Then upload the two directories (action and workflow) into your Drupal module directory (so they become subdirectories under the modules directory). The zip file contains the correct structure.

Usage: It may take some time to get comfortable in creating states, transitions and arranging them into a workflow. Here's an excerpt from the readme.txt file:

Code:

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Name: Workflow Module

Author: John VanDyk <jvandyk at iastate dot edu>

Drupal: 4.5

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GETTING STARTED:



Let's create a new workflow. Click on administer -> workflow and click

on the "add workflow" tab.



We'll start simple. Call our workflow "Draft-Done" and click Add Workflow.



Now lets add some workflow states to our workflow. Click "add state" and

enter "draft" and click the Add State button. Do the same for "done".



So we've got a workflow with two states, "draft" and "done". Now we

have to tell each state which other states it can move to. With only

two states, this is easy. Click on the "transitions" link to the right

of the "draft" state.



The "From" column lists all states that may move to this state. The

"To" column lists all states that we may move to from this state. Since

we're keeping this simple, we will have the simplest possible workflow.

Nodes in a "draft" state may move to a "done" state, and that's it.

To set this up, click the checkbox next to "done" and click the

Save Transitions button.



Just for fun, click on the transitions link to the right of the "done"

state. As expected, it shows that you can get to the "done" state

from the "draft" state.



Now let's tell Drupal which node types should use this workflow. Click

on the "type mapping" tab. Let's assign the Draft-Done workflow

to the story node type and click Save Workflow Mapping.



Now we could add an action (previously configured using the actions

module). If you have not configured your action yet, here's a quick

guide:



- go to administer -> actions

- choose an action and click "Add new action"

- configure the action and click Save. Note that the description field

  here will be used later on



OK, back in the workflow module, click on the actions link to the

right of your workflow. Add the action to the transition.



Now create a new story by going to create content -> story. Note that

there is no sign of workflow here because the story is in its

initial state. Click submit to create the story.



Now click the edit tab. Note that there is a select box for workflow

with the "draft" state chosen.



Changing the state to "done" and clicking Submit will fire the action

you set up earlier.

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