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New Add-On: Better Workflow - For entry drafts, approval workflow and live preview

October 18, 2011 10:21am

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  • #16 / Feb 21, 2012 1:27pm

    tator

    9 posts

    is better workflow compatible with the add-on Assets?

  • #17 / Feb 22, 2012 5:24am

    Electric Putty

    88 posts

    Hi Tator,

    No, I’m afraid BWF does not currently support Assets. This on the road map.

    Best wishes,
    Malcolm

  • #18 / Feb 22, 2012 9:37am

    tator

    9 posts

    any idea on a timeline?

  • #19 / Feb 22, 2012 10:53am

    Electric Putty

    88 posts

    No date at present, will post more into here when we have some

    Thanks,
    Malcolm

  • #20 / Mar 12, 2012 3:41am

    BryantKobe

    3 posts

    Debating getting it for my own blog just for the live preview.

  • #21 / Mar 18, 2012 9:22am

    philips

    2 posts

    quick questions…when a draft is pending approval are email notifications sent to admin? thanks.

  • #22 / Mar 19, 2012 5:46am

    Electric Putty

    88 posts

    Hi Philips,

    Yes, when you assign a channel to use Better Workflow you specify a member group to receive email notifications when an entry in that channel is submitted for approval.

    Thanks,
    Malcolm

  • #23 / Apr 02, 2012 11:54am

    Robzor

    86 posts

    Just a quick message to let you know that Better Workflow 1.2 has been released!

    We now have now implemented an API to help any third-party add-on developers add compatibility with BWF. Take a look at the API documentation for more information.

  • #24 / Jun 16, 2012 3:47pm

    bmpire

    27 posts

    Hi Brandon,

    Interesting idea, we’ve just released version 1.1 today. We’ll give it a think for our future development plans and get back to you.

    Adam,

    When a draft is pending approval an email is sent to all members of the member group you specify in the Better Workflow options.

    Thanks,

    Rob

    Rob,

    Any chance I could pay or donate to you guys to implement this change or feature request.  Our team really needs this and I would be willing to pay for the implementation.  Let me know.  Send me a pm or email.

    Thanks,

    Brandon

  • #25 / Jun 21, 2012 5:47am

    Electric Putty

    88 posts

    Hi Brandon,

    We have had a number of requests for this feature and are looking into our options. The biggest challenge to version comparison is the use of third-party field types (such as Matrix) which can be rendered in many different ways on the template.

    It _might_ be possible to provide a ‘what’s changed’ button which would open the live and draft versions side by side. We could then look to integrate with a third-party Diff tool to provide some visual clues as to the specific parts which are different.

    However we tackle this it is going to be a big challenge and is not top of our list for feature development as we are prioritising those features for which we have had the most requests.

    We’ll keep this thread updates of all developments.

    Thanks,
    Malcolm

     

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