Should be simple

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Last Post: March 5, 2010   (RSS)

By steelhead - March 4, 2010

15 categories

Writers submit article for one of the categories (does not publish)

Editors review article and publish

It would be nice if I could have a list of the most current articles published in all the categories

12 hours later I'm feeling really stupid [crazy]

Re: [steelhead] Should be simple

By Mohaukla - March 4, 2010

Did you set each article to be "hidden" by default at the time of creation? That way after each article is created (by an author) it does not show until it is looked at (by an editor) and checked to show.

That would be the quick way to set the work flow.

You would have to set a "hidden" check box field to the article section.
And then modify the settings for that field so that the check box is checked by default.

Hope this helps,
Michael Moyers



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Re: [steelhead] Should be simple

By steelhead - March 4, 2010

I'm beginning to wonder if I missed something in the setup

Re: [steelhead] Should be simple

By Mohaukla - March 4, 2010

I think you will need to look at your section editor and using the special field names.

DOCUMENTATION: http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/cmsbuilder/special_fieldnames.html

Take a look at the documentation on this and get familiar with these fields. They will help you out a lot.

And if your still in a rut let us know.
Michael Moyers



Owner of Just Rite Design Inc. A growing network of professionals in web design, graphic design, flash development, programming, and audio & video productions.



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Re: [justritedesign] Should be simple

By steelhead - March 5, 2010 - edited: March 5, 2010

So should I just create a section for each of my 15 categories which makes the writer input and control no problem but then I have to integrate with the menus.........mmmmmmmmmmm

My other topic got the author/editor privileges under control. Thanks

Re: [steelhead] Should be simple

By Damon - March 5, 2010

Instead of creating seperate sections in the admin for each category, what if you had a dropdown list on the article section that you could select your category from.

Then after you generate code and setup a published article index page, you could filter the articles by category with a query.

http://example.com/articles.php?category=Sports

Would that work for you?
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Re: [Damon] Should be simple

By steelhead - March 5, 2010

Thanks,

That gives me something to work on today

Re: [steelhead] Should be simple

By steelhead - March 5, 2010

[;)] Your Suggestions are working quite well. Thanks!