Final review: The content gets one last review, ensuring all links are accurate and working, that titles are correct, and that metadata is properly applied.Copy editing: The content is copy edited and reviewed to ensure it meets our style guide.Revisions: Revisions are made to address feedback, add screenshots, and clean up formatting.

Technical review: Another SME, often someone from the community, reviews the Draft content for correctness.Draft: A subject matter expert (SME) creates a draft of the tutorial, and fleshes out the majority of the content.If you need something more complex than that, you need Workflows and Content Moderation.Īs an example, on this site, the content we produce goes through a number of different steps before it's published and made available to the public. A piece of content can be either published, or not. By default, Drupal core provides for a very minimal workflow. The combination of Workflows and Content Moderation modules allow you create and enforce editorial processes that conform to your organization's specific needs. We'll go into more detail throughout this tutorial. This illustration created by Sam Mortenson ( does a great job of introducing Workflows and Content Moderation. Managing User Accounts (Drupal User Guide) Basic Site Configuration (Drupal User Guide) Concept: Editorial Workflow (Drupal User Guide) Concept: Content Entities and Fields (Drupal User Guide) 1.2 Concept: Modules (Drupal User Guide).Goalĭefine what features the Workflows and Content Moderation provide and how they work together. Define some common terms you'll need to understand when working with these two modulesīy the end of this tutorial you will have a good understanding of what the Workflows and Content Moderation modules are, what different functionality they provide, and the permissions made available by the modules.Define the role that each module performs.Learn about the use case for Workflows and Content Moderation modules.The ability to attach moderation states to entity bundles - a common example being content types - is configurable by the Content Moderation module.īoth modules have stable releases and are perfectly safe to use in production. Workflow states, such as draft, ready for review, or approved are defined using the Workflows module. The Workflows and Content Moderation modules allow an editorial team to put any type of content administered in Drupal through a customized editorial workflow and moderation process.

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