Hi everyone!
12 years after posting on the same subject, I am coming back, not really knowing where to post this. It has to do with Joomla administration, but also content management.
I started investigating a long time ago on how to get a more precise and granular way of letting my users publish articles on my website. Having a large number of students, I really wanted to make the most of the ACL system implemented in the now forsaken 1.6 version. Everything seemed to be in the box.
Yet, after writing a few articles on the question, I still haven't found a way to let an author edit his own article once he has published it. Why so? Because once the author has published his article, he cannot view it anymore (as his article is pending for approval, and must be validated by a publisher or administrator). So many times have I thought how useful it was for an author to be able to revisit his article online before the deadline for publishing was over. Originally, there used to be a free plugin that did the job in Jooomla 1.5 (that said, ages ago!), which does not exist any longer, of course.
Here is the list of articles I have published so far on the question:
viewtopic.php?f=708&t=986884
viewtopic.php?f=808&t=1006276
viewtopic.php?f=808&t=994926
So far, all tips handed to me (mostly unsatisfactory workarounds costing me a lot of time to implement) definitely point to a major lack in Joomla's structure. Far from me criticizing the developers who have done amazing work over the years, but when I first opted for Joomla ages ago, I had chosen it for its flexibility in assigning roles and allowing users to share roles in a smart way when it comes to publishing.
For those who do not want to waste time reading the three articles above, simply browse through the Joomla extensions directory and take a closer look at the Shack article manager which should be - to my mind - an integral part of Joomla. For what it was meant to be. For what it was meant to allow us to do.
So, basically, the question is: when will the next major improvements happen for joomla?
Thanks for enlightening me!
12 years after posting on the same subject, I am coming back, not really knowing where to post this. It has to do with Joomla administration, but also content management.
I started investigating a long time ago on how to get a more precise and granular way of letting my users publish articles on my website. Having a large number of students, I really wanted to make the most of the ACL system implemented in the now forsaken 1.6 version. Everything seemed to be in the box.
Yet, after writing a few articles on the question, I still haven't found a way to let an author edit his own article once he has published it. Why so? Because once the author has published his article, he cannot view it anymore (as his article is pending for approval, and must be validated by a publisher or administrator). So many times have I thought how useful it was for an author to be able to revisit his article online before the deadline for publishing was over. Originally, there used to be a free plugin that did the job in Jooomla 1.5 (that said, ages ago!), which does not exist any longer, of course.
Here is the list of articles I have published so far on the question:
viewtopic.php?f=708&t=986884
viewtopic.php?f=808&t=1006276
viewtopic.php?f=808&t=994926
So far, all tips handed to me (mostly unsatisfactory workarounds costing me a lot of time to implement) definitely point to a major lack in Joomla's structure. Far from me criticizing the developers who have done amazing work over the years, but when I first opted for Joomla ages ago, I had chosen it for its flexibility in assigning roles and allowing users to share roles in a smart way when it comes to publishing.
For those who do not want to waste time reading the three articles above, simply browse through the Joomla extensions directory and take a closer look at the Shack article manager which should be - to my mind - an integral part of Joomla. For what it was meant to be. For what it was meant to allow us to do.
So, basically, the question is: when will the next major improvements happen for joomla?
Thanks for enlightening me!
Statistics: Posted by fabio42 — Wed Sep 04, 2024 2:19 pm