No probs. 2009/7/10 bobbykjack <[email protected]>
> > Brilliant! You sent me down the right path: I needed to add our > 'Administrators' group to the project copy. Many thanks! > > - Bobby > > On Jul 10, 12:30 pm, Gavin Cope <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can you get into the project itself? By that I mean can you browse the > > project either in SmartEdit or SmartTree? Or are you completely locked > out? > > If you can access the project, then the project lock is not the problem. > > Check if there are any authorisation packages. If you have copied the > > project there's a chance that you're user name is not in the > authorisation > > package and thus preventing access. > > Check too that you have correct access for the particular project in the > > User settings under Server Manager. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Gavin > > > > 2009/7/10 bobbykjack <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
