Hi Gavin, I've done exactly that (and have tried the user lock starting with both Editor and Site Builder), but I still cannot edit content/data using SmartTree. Any idea why that might be?
Cheers, - Bobby On Jul 10, 11:30 am, Gavin Cope <[email protected]> wrote: > A project can be locked in a number of ways. > > Unrestricted release of project: > means exactly that, anyone can access it and it can be published. > Lock entire project: > means that no one can access it or publish it. > Partially lock project : > if you have "Publisher" checked, then the project will not publish. > if you have "Users" checked, you can then select the role at which to begin > the lock. > > So take the scenario where you want to edit the project but you do not want > it to publish nor do you want non-administrators to access it, you would > partially lock the project and select "Publisher" and "Users" followed by > the role "Site Builder" or "Editor" depending which role you've given > yourself. > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > > Gavin > > 2009/7/10 bobbykjack <[email protected]> > > > > > Hmmm... it might seem obvious if you've done it before, but for a > > first-timer, it certainly isn't. Especially given the fact that all > > the help implies locking is a publication-related concept: "This > > project has been automatically locked against publication ...", > > "Locking the publisher has no effect on opening and editing a project > > in SmartEdit ..." > > > It's also quite inconvenient that there's no state between "completely > > locked" and "completely open". What I really require is a project I > > can work with, that I can guarantee won't be published out. I guess I > > can try tweaking publication settings in an attempt to prevent > > publication, but this seems incredibly risky, and has proved > > notoriously flaky in the past. > > > I guess I'll just have to configure everything to publish to new > > locations first before anyone can do any content editing in this copy. > > Thanks for the info, though - this is all a rant about RedDot rather > > than you personally! :-) > > > Cheers, > > > - Bobby > > > On Jul 10, 10:47 am, Gavin Cope <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If the copy is locked, then of course you can't edit it. Unlock the > > project > > > to your access level and you'll be able to edit it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Gavin > > > > 2009/7/10 bobbykjack <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > I've just created a copy of a project, and that copy is currently > > > > locked. However, I cannot currently edit any of the content/data in > > > > this new copy. I've checked the user settings, and I have full access > > > > for this new project. > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > - Bobby --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" 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/RedDot-CMS-Users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
