[Zope-CMF] workflow, folders, permissions

[Doug Hellmann]

I've got a site set up similar to this.  I used permissions on the folders to 
allow the users to add content there (it may have been enough to allow "Add 
portal content", you might also want the edit permission).  The user just 
navigates to where they want the new content to go, and create it.  The 
workflow code does not care where the object is, so I didn't have to do 
anything special to the workflow setup.

Doug

On Wednesday 16 October 2002 5:33 pm, Mark McEahern wrote:
> Hi, I continue to struggle with what are probably basic concepts, so I
> appreciate any and all feedback on my questions...
>
> It seems like the CMF way for managing content is members create items in
> their member folders, submit them for review, and then a reviewer sees the
> pending item, and publishes it.  The resulting published item's URL retains
> information about its origin; e.g.,
>
>   http://www.mysite.com/Members/elmo/plotforworlddomination
>
> Instead, I would like to have content created by content authors in
> designated folders; e.g.,
>
>   News Items -- news/
>   Press Releases -- pr/
>
> One thing I've learned is when creating the content folders, it's best to
> do that from the portal rather than in the ZMI.  If I create a folder in
> the ZMI, it won't be a Portal Folder, and so won't have things like,
> listFolderContents, etc.  This post seems related:
>
>   http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2002-October/015943.html
>
> So suppose I have:
>
>   a portal folder -- pr/
>   a portal type -- Press Release
>   several custom roles -- PR author
>                           PR reviewer
>
> I want members of the PR author role to be able to add Press Release
> objects to the pr/ folder.  But I don't want them to be able to publish
> them.  That requires the PR reviewer role.  Once the PR reviewer publishes
> the Press Release, the PR author should no longer be able to delete it.
>
> I'm using DCWorkflow, which is great because I can view/edit the workflow
> details from the ZMI.
>
> I just don't really know where to begin configuring the portal so that
> content is managed in that way.
>
> Any tips?
>
> Thanks,
>
> // mark
>
> p.s. I just noticed what appears to be a bug with custom roles in CMF 1.3:
>
>   http://collector.zope.org/CMF/73
>
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