rmarques
URGENT - Very important
- Author is able to save and publish article
- Author is able to delete article (not just send to trash)
- Save as draft
- Select Section and Category is a mandatory field
NON-URGENT - But nice to have
- (Built-in) Attachment tool, like the attachment component on JED.
- (Built-in) Image Manager like User Images plugin on JED. Each author has own folder to manage images.
It would be nice to have these two important tools in one place from the same developer. The component becomes complete.
In the mean time, to make author capable of publishing articles directly do this:
Open
/components/com_content/models/article.php
Find
// For new items - author is not allowed to publish - prevent them from doing so
$article->state = 0;
Change $article->state = 1;
You must log in as an Author in order to see the component working, it won't show up for Registered users!
If you use Community Builder:
To make users sign up as AUTHOR by default instead of Registered, do this:
Open
components/com_comprofiler/comprofiler.php
Find 2 instances where this code appears
acl->get_group_id('Registered','ARO')
and change to
acl->get_group_id('Author','ARO')
These simple changes will get you going in no time. This component has a bright future ahead!
Hi rmarques,
Some ideas are already implemented in version 2.0b, and I'll remember the other ideas that you sugessted in a future version.
Best regards and thank you by your suggestions
Felipe








