| Attribute | Average |
|---|---|
| Features | 4.5 / 5 |
| Reliability | 5 / 5 |
| Ease Of Use | 3 / 5 |
| Documentation | 4 / 5 |
| Vote Count | 2 |
The workflow module allows the creation and assignment of arbitrary workflows to Drupal node types. Workflows are made up of workflow states. For example, a workflow with the states Draft, Review, and Published could be assigned to the Story node type. Transitions between workflow states can have actions... [More...]
| Maintainer: | jvandyk |
| Links: | |
| Categories: | Content, Content access control |
| Version | Date | Files | Release notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.x-1.0 | 2012-Jan-05 | Download | Recommended |
| 6.x-1.5 | 2010-Oct-27 | Download | Recommended |
| 7.x-1.x-dev | 2012-Feb-05 | Download | Development |
| 6.x-1.x-dev | 2012-Feb-05 | Download | Development |
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Workflow is extremely powerful. Drupal's default 'workflow' is published and unpublished. You can control which users can view each 'state' of the node. Workflow extends this idea to allow an infinite number of states on a given node type. Workflow comes packaged with workflow_access which allows you to set permissions on who can view, edit, and delete a node in any given state. Granted, this access form is one of the most complicated forms to ever exist, but it is for good reason... it is powerful. With great power comes a lot of configuration time, but the results are well worth it.
The true power of workflow comes from the combination of actions for use as transition between node states. Actions, which are part of core, are small bits of code that do something, such as send an email to the node author. Any number of actions can be set to execute as a transition between any two states.
So, although workflow is relatively simple to configure and use, workflow_access and the use of transitions make any node workflow extremely powerful, yet complicated to configure.
We are working on a major newspaper project and I wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything without this module. If you can make your way through the growing complexity and permissions, its an extremely powerful tool. Great work!
