What happens when editing the already saved draft I choose [Cancel] ? The page -Draft remains ? How can I delete the -Draft page ? It seems the only way is to Publish and then restore from the History. Right?
Jiri Patrick R. Michaud napsal(a): > Given that we've had a couple of recent requests for moderated > posting on a wiki, I'd like to go ahead and resolve PmWiki's > "edit draft" feature. > > Pico put together an excellent page at http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PITS/00755 > that describes the current state of "edit drafts". His comments are > recommended reading, but I'll also try to summarize things here. > The basic issue is that we want clearer labels on the "save" buttons > in the edit form when drafts are enabled. > > Currently, when $EnableDrafts is set, a new "Save as Draft" button > appears on the edit form. Thus the typical buttons are > > [Save] [Save and edit] [Save as draft] [Preview] [Cancel] > > The [Save] button saves the page, as normal. The [Save and edit] > button saves a copy of the page, but also returns the browser > immediately to the edit form so the author can continue editing. > The [Save as Draft] button saves the current page and any changes > to a new page with a "-Draft" extension added to the pagename. > > When an author attempts to edit a page for which a "-Draft" > version exists, the author always gets the -Draft version to > edit. Thus we don't have a case of draft edits being lost. > > The confusion arises when the buttons above are presented > on the -Draft page, because it's not completely clear what > "Save" (and possibly "Save as draft) will do. Thus it > appears we need alternate labels for these buttons editing > a draft. I just need to know what labels we want to use > that will make sense to people editing drafts. > > Currently the [Save] button always saves back to the original > page without the -Draft suffix, and removes the -Draft version > of the page. The [Save as draft] button saves back to the -Draft > page. This can be a bit confusing, because some people expect > [Save] to save back to the -Draft, and they don't see a button > that clearly indicates they're saving to the original. > > So far the best idea I've seen is to use [Publish] to mean > "save to original", but I want to see if there are any other > suggestions before committing to it in the core. > > In each case (original page and draft), the actions are > essentially the same: > > - save page to original location > - save page as -Draft version > - save and keep editing > - preview > - cancel editing > > All that differs is the labels. The current approach > I'm considering uses the following labels for editing > the original page: > > - save page to original location [Save] > - save page as -Draft [Save as draft] > - save and keep editing [Save and edit] > - preview [Preview] > - cancel editing [Cancel] > > And when editing a -Draft page: > > - save page to original location [Publish] > - save page as -Draft [Save as draft] > - save and keep editing [Save and edit] > - preview [Preview] > - cancel editing [Cancel] > > As far as moderating posts go, there will likely be > some sort of option that hides/disables the "Save" > and "Publish" button for moderated authors. Such authors > would then be able to edit pages (as drafts), but > only a moderator/admin would be able to "publish" the > draft back to the original location. > > Comments and questions greatly appreciated. > > Pm > > _______________________________________________ > pmwiki-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users > > __________ Informacia od NOD32 2158 (20070330) __________ > > Tato sprava bola preverena antivirusovym systemom NOD32. > http://www.eset.sk > > > > _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
