Could be a 2nd scenario in docs for Joomla ?
Thinking about the steps of an life-cycle of an article. Here an example. For Workflow the name of each step is Stage.
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Stage |
Explanation |
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New |
New Idea for an article. Maybe only a title with some notes in the content. More a reminder for the author, nothing for other |
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Draft |
Author is overworking the article. Maybe it takes time. During this period the article has the status Draft. Finally the article become ready. But it is better another one would take a look. |
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Spellcheck |
Another user review and correct the article special spelling / orthography. |
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Ready to publish |
Last check. Is the layout, all Links, pics etc. correct? If Yes the article can be published. |
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Published |
Article is visible for all visitors of the site. |
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Trashed |
After some time or years the article can be deleted. |
The details how to administrate workflows are described in scenario one. Here the general steps for this workflow.
- Create a new workflow. E.g. name Article-Lifecycle
- Select the new workflow, click on Stages. Rename the first given stage to New and create new stages with the names in the table before.
- Select the new workflow, click on Transitions. Create new to come from one to the next Stage. Proposal:
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Transition-Name |
Current Stage |
Target Stage |
Publishing State |
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To Draft |
New |
Draft |
- |
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To Spellcheck |
Draft |
Spellcheck |
- |
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To Ready to publish |
Spellcheck |
Ready to publish |
- |
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To Published |
Ready to publish |
Published |
Published |
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To Trash |
Published |
Trashed |
Trashed |
- Thinking about rights. Who is allowed to do the transition? Those configuration is also done in each Transition. “To Publish” should be allowed only for Publisher. Maybe all other parts by the Members of Authors. Or you have a dedicated group for Spellcheck? Than you can give only those group the rights for “To Ready to publish”.