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:

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					 D R U P A L	M O D U L E
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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.

[Daniel]

Nice. Will install once I get Drupal working...

[Zhen-Xjell]

Finer granularity of perms?

[xing]

Error in product XML sql:

PHP Code:

$BLE " . TABLE_PREFIX . " drupal_actions ( 


should be

PHP Code:

$BLE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "drupal_actions ( 


There should not be an empty space before drupal.

Problem exist in all the create queries within the XML file.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by xing

Error in product XML sql:

Confirmed and fixed, thanks.

Note to those who already installed that no need to upgrade, this only affects those who use a table prefix for vB

[Caerydd]

Just want to check, I'm using the drupal version of this module, is this any different?