[thesite] question about article update

Isaac Forman isaac at triplezero.com.au
Mon Jun 25 23:24:56 CDT 2001


currently, updates to an already approved article need to be approved before
they overwrite the original version.

can i ask how this occurs?



my current implementation of this in my own developing cms uses a numeric
field (updatelink). when a published item is edited and saved for review, a
new row is created in the content table, and the updatelink value is added
(equal to the id of the original published document). the document status in
this duplicate is changed from 'published' to 'unapproved'.

then, the parent document cannot be re-edited until the child is either
published (by someone with appropriate rights), or deleted (again, by
someone with the correct privilege level).


is this how the evolt system works? what happens if someone tries to
edit/update an approved article if a yet-to-be-approved version of it
already exists?


my implementation is almost done, but i'm continually confusing myself
somehow. :p


isaac





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