You've raised a couple of points: Deleting users No you shouldn't be able to delete users. If that's possible through the UI then it's a bug. I know that it isn't possible to change a user's id after it has been created.
Deleting other content I believe images (and possibly files?) check that they aren't attached to other content when a user tries to delete them, and aborts if they are. News and events (as in the Farcry CMS plugin) have publish and expiry dates which indicate when an item should start appearing and stop appearing on the website. Depending on the way you use news on your website this can be equivilent to deleting news, or a way of differentiating between "current" news and "archived" news. Blair On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 5:06 AM, gdhurst <[email protected]> wrote: > > Once a user is added, they can be granted permissions and, if they are > in an editor or sysadmin group for instance, obtain the power to > change the site or the site's content. Now, what happens if we delete > this user six months down the road? Is this wise? Is it even > allowed, especially if they are potentially tied to various objects as > a creator/owner? > > I can obviously just deactivate the user, but is it possible/ > recommended to EVER delete a user or are there too many ramifications? > > Also, is it possible to edit the client userid after creation of a > user? If not, and if deleting users is discouraged, then what is the > appropriate process to follow? > > A corollary to this discussion is whether one should ever consider > deleting a group or role (or, for that matter, ANY content in the > system). Would these kinds of changes play havoc with the content > system, possibly creating a situation where no one has access to some > pages or content? > > I know that a lot of database-oriented applications just never delete > anything to keep historical relationships between users and data, etc. > and/or to prevent corrupting the database's structure. Is this the > philosophy that should be adopted in the farcry CMS with respect to > foundational entities? Should this philosophy be extended to > encompass even content, so that old articles, pictures, events are > also never removed, but simply inactivated or avoided by falling out > of a range of display dates or some other criteria? > > gdhurst > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
