Hello, hedgie:
Sorry for not to answer this question earlier, I didn't see it
because it was not answered and I had some problems with my e-mail.
Here is a brief HOWTO use Drupal and don't die trying it ;-) The only
problem with it, it's that is so open that it takes some time to catch
it, so let's see it from three points of view: Administrator, Writter,
Viewer
Administrator
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If you are the administrator of the site, you can manage all of it,
but at first, you need to configure how Writters and Viewers are going
to work. The first you need to create are Roles:
-Enter the site as administrator and go to the Administer option you
will find on the right
-Click on accounts and then in roles, you will see anonymous user and
authenticated user, ok
-Now add a new role called 'writter', you can change at any time its description
-Now, on the right options, click on permissions, there should be a
new column called writter
-Check the boxes "access content", "administer nodes" and "mantain
books", once you master the tool, you can change these permissions to
make the system work the way you want
-Also check the "access content" of anonymous users (this is just for
this tutorial)
-Now go to the accounts option and select new user, fill the form and
create a new user
-Now go again to accounts and edit the newly created user, on the
bottom you can choose the role, select writter
-And logout as admin
Writter
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-Now login with the writter account you created before
-Once you login, there should be a create content option on the menu, select it
-And now click on the book page
-This is the main work form, where your writters will be able to write the book
-There are several options on the top:
Published: The changes will be published
In moderation queue: The changes will be submitted for approval
Promoted to front page: The page will be shown on the front page
Static on front page: The page will remain on the front page
Create new revision: The changes will create a new revision
-You can setup the default options if you log in as an admin, and
select Manage | Content | Settings
-Be sure just these options are checked: In moderation queue, Promoted
to the front page, Create a new revision, the rest remain unchecked
-Write a title for your page, just is an ID
-Now select the parent of that page, here is where lies the great
versatility of drupal, you can create the structure of your book and
then, writters can place the content where it should be
-Select <root>
-Enter some content on the body
-Click on submit
-A message will appear, if you click view, you couldn't see your page,
because it hasn't been published, you have submited your page for
moderation
-Now logout
Viewer
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-If you don't log in, we have setup to allow anonymous users to view
content, but there is no content still published, so let's login as
admin again
Publishing content
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-Now, if you login as an admin, an click on administer, you will see a
new event, that tells you that a new page has been added
-Click on content, and the submitted page should be there, with status
"not published"
-Click on the edit node link, review changes and mark it as published
and uncheck the "in moderation queue" check box, this way, other
writters can submit content
-Submit the page, now all viewers can see that page, log out to check it
Another writter wants to modify a page
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-Log in as writter again
-Now you can see your newly submitted page and two links at the
bottom, click on "edit this page"
-You can fully edit this page, add new content, etc, add to the body
"These are some changes"
-Check the In moderation queue one, this way you are submitting your
changes for approval
-Submit your page and if you try to view your page again, your changes
are not published
-Now is task that some administrator or some user with revision
capabilities, publish those changes, let's login as an admin again
Revisions
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-If you login as admin and access the content section, you will see
your last modified page at the top, click on Edit node
-You will see the last contents, and scroll down to the bottom, you
will see the history of changes on that page
-You can view any previous revision, rollback until that revision or delete one
Well, this is how Drupal works, at first instance it's really
complicated but once you catch it, it's really simple, the key is to
install a test system and try, try, try ;-). I hope this information
is useful to you, but please, don't hesitate to request for any
clarification, I'm here to help you.
Regards. |
