Hi Everyone! We have been testing the Activation Workflow (Magnolia EE Tomcat Bundle, v4.3.2, under Windows), and have found 2 Issues (our point of view):
1. Editing Content while page is in activation workflow If a page is activated, it enters the activation workflow, and is sent to the "publishers" inbox. However, the publisher cannot directly edit the page by clicking on it from within the "inbox", for example to quickly fix some typos. The publisher, assuming he has rights to edit the page, can find the page in the website repo, and edit it. However, if he then publishes the page from within the Inbox, the originally submitted version is published. The changes made do not show up on the live system. This is because the first step of the activation command-chain is to create a version, which is referenced from the workflow work-item. Our question: What is the logic behind this? Would it not be better to create the version at the point that the publisher chooses to publish, ensuring that the most recent content is sent to the live system? Is it really desirable that the workflow has to be terminated (cancelled, or rejected back to the editor) to make the smallest change? 2. Status Indication is incorrect after edits during activation workflow This second issue is closely related to the first, but is in our opinion definitely a bug: If the page is edited while it is within the activation workflow, the edits will be reflected on the authoring system, but the activation workflow will publish the original version of the page, regardless of the edits, as described above. The problem is that the status indication will change to "green" when the activation workflow completes, even though the version published is not the most recent one. So this creates a situation where the page is marked as green on the authoring system, even though it is not the same version as on the live system. Is there a reason for this, or is it a bug? Regards from Vienna, Gerald Madlmayr and Richard Unger ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
