Mark Phillips wrote:
I am running:
Plone 2.5.2,
CMF-1.6.4,
Zope (Zope 2.9.7-final, python 2.4.4, linux2),
Five 1.4.2,
Python 2.4.4 (#2, Aug 16 2007, 02:03:40) [GCC 4.1.3 20070812
(prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-15)],
PIL 1.1.6
membrane 1.0
remember 1.0
I created an new product that adds some fields to the standard remember
join form. I used the included member_approval_workflow, and everything
worked - new members got the correct emails, the manager was notified of
pending member requests, etc.
Then, I tried to modify the member_approval_workflow by copying the
member_approval_workflow from remember to my product (workflows.xml and
the accompanying workflows directory). I went through the workflows.xml
and workflows directory to change the names from
member_approval_workflow to ahs_member_workflow. I then re-installed
(portal-types-> update and import) my product, the new workflow appeared
in portal-workflows. The new workflow is associated with the correct
products in portal-workflows, and the default member is my new member
type. The states, transitions, etc. all appear in the portal-workflows.
However, now the workflows are broken. Now all I get is the
member_auto_workflow. But, no email is sent with the password. I tried
to back out of this situation by removing the new workflows from my
product, and reinstalling everything, but now the
member_approval_workflow does not work, even though it is associated
with my product type. All the states etc. are still in the
portal-workflows, but it is not being followed.
My questions:
1. Short of deleting the site and starting over, how do I get it back to
working the way it was before I tried to change the workflows? (This is
a development site, so I can delete it and start over).
unfortunately, i don't have any ideas for you here. the workflow definition
stuff is a bit finicky, and there are any number of small mistakes that could
be in the XML or elsewhere that are interfering with your rig.
2. What is the "correct" way to make changes to the workflows? In my
product, or should I do it through portal-workflows in the ZMI?
both, sort of. i recommend the following process:
- start by using the ZMI to get everything working... copy/paste the workflow
that most matches what you want, then use the ZMI to edit your copy
appropriately. use the ZMI to associate all of the types as desired.
- once this is done, use the export tab of the portal_setup tool to export the
workflow tool step. this will provide you with the XML that represents all of
the workflows and type associations for your entire product, as a tarball on
your local machine.
- open up the generated XML configuration, and remove all of the stuff you
don't care about. you'll want to make sure you retain any custom workflow
associations that your product needs, in the workflows.xml file, as well as
your custom workflow definitions in the workflows directory.
once you've removed all of the extra stuff from your exported workflow config,
you should be able to drop the remainder into your product's profile to
reproduce your customizations elsewhere.
good luck!
-r
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