By llyra on

(sorry second post- picked general discussion by mistake on first post)

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to do the following:

Members can submit their website, artwork, photo and/or poetry to specific sections of the website. In order to do this I think I will need to create a new content type per each section and format it according to each specifications. I will also need to be able to prevent these content types from being automatically posted without site admin approval. This way all submissions will link back to the user profile. I haven't actually put this together yet as I'm in the planning stages (if I'm wrong and this cannot be done in this method- please let me know!).

What I don't know how to do is the following:

  • Once a submission had been reviewed, how can I have an automated reply get sent to member stating whether their submission has been approved or denied?
  • How can I allow only one submission per one of the new content type (i.e. website)?
  • How can I allow picture upload, but with specifications per each content type?
  • Is there a way to list the member's submission(s) on their user profile page?

Sorry if I'm not explaining my needs correctly, but any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks again!

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

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drupal777 commented

look up the Workflow module and the Bio module.

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llyra commented

Thanks so much Drupal777 for this direction!! I would never have found the Workflow Module as it is listed under CVS- that will definitely work for #1 question- yeah! Unfortunately the Bio Module seems to be different than what I am looking for (according to mod description). Its not that I need one 'bio' page per user, but I need one entry specific to the content type (i.e. story, etc)- however on some content types they can post multiple times. Due to the description of this mod, I don't think Bio will work for question #2, however I may play with it to see if it works better than the general user profile page.

Anyone have help for questions 2 - 4? Are these even possible in Drupal? (I hope!) Thanks again!

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drupal777 commented

I think once you dig into the Bio module you will see it either does what you want or provides you with the stubs necessary to incorporate into your own content type module so that you can do what you want.

As far as the 4th question goes, it looks like one way to go about it would be to use the Views module to create a specific view (one of the filters is content type by author where author = current user, so it would work splendidly) and then add the content of that view to the profile page. A minor hack, if you can even call it a hack.

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llyra commented

Thanks again! I'll try this and see how it goes :)