By kurzweil4 on

I want to give someone the ability to create content, but not give them the ability to publish it. I want to be able to go in and see what is getting approved, Is this possible? If so, how?

Thanks,
Kurzweil4

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barrett commented

Would it work to give them the Create ... permission but set the content type to not be published by default? It wouldn't allow you to set it on a per user basis, but that's the best way I can think of without using extra modules.

I would bet there's a module out there that would allow you configure that on a user by user basis.

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kurzweil4 commented

Barrett,

I am new to Drupal, so I was not aware of the setting on the content types. I will check that out. Thanks for the input!

Kurzweil4

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alan d. commented

The module workflow-ng can allow for almost any workflow you desire! Small bit of a learning curve but it is very powerful

Alan Davison
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kurzweil4 commented

Alan,

Thanks for the idea. I will definitely look into that.

What I have in mind is like a news story site where people can post links to articles on other servers, and I would personally need to approve anything that made it to the front page. I am wondering if Wordpress would be better in this particular circumstance.

Kurzweil4

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kurzweil4 commented

Alan,

I went into workflow-ng and I was basically able to figure it out without much trouble within about 5 minutes. I got it to check for a specific content type for a specific role and mark it unpublished and send me an email to notify it. I just need to work out the details with the email.

But basically it worked and it was not much trouble at all. Thanks for the help!

Kurzweil4