[libreoffice-website] Need for a means of "checking out" content and marking it as being worked on

2011-01-26 Thread David Nelson
Hi Christian, :-) If we are to get more people involved in working on content, we need to coordinate work so that efforts are not duplicated and work can be apportioned. We need a means of marking content as "checked out" content, so that other people stay off it until the author checks it in aga

Re: [libreoffice-website] Need for a means of "checking out" content and marking it as being worked on

2011-02-02 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi David, *, On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:27 PM, David Nelson wrote: > > We need a means of marking content as "checked out" content, so that > other people stay off it until the author checks it in again. Alfresco > has functionality for this. > > What can you suggest? What are your ideas on this?

RE: [libreoffice-website] Need for a means of "checking out" content and marking it as being worked on

2011-02-02 Thread Narayan Aras
I think the following arrangement between authors would be simplest to implement: Whenever one author takes up editing, he should write the following details in the TODO tab: 1. His own name 2. How he intends to change the page 3. By which date he intends to finish the editing Example (for th

Re: [libreoffice-website] Need for a means of "checking out" content and marking it as being worked on

2011-02-03 Thread klaus-jürgen weghorn ol
Am 02.02.2011 22:53, schrieb Christian Lohmaier: If There is a definite group who is "checking out" the pages, then one way would be to create a corresponding user-group, add the "review-publisher" to that group and then limit the publish-rights for the page to that group. But all of this (Chr

RE: [libreoffice-website] Need for a means of "checking out" content and marking it as being worked on

2011-02-03 Thread Narayan Aras
Hi! > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:13:53 +0100 > From: o...@sophia-louise.de > But all of this (Christian's and Narayan's decisions) is a huge effort > if you only want to change some little things like misspelling, wrong > links etc. If you have seen the recent posts, I am NOT part of the decisi

Re: [libreoffice-website] Need for a means of "checking out" content and marking it as being worked on

2011-02-03 Thread Michael Wheatland
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Narayan Aras wrote: > This is not a question of how big your change is, but the possibility of its > being overwritten! > AFAIK unlike a VCS, Silverstripe is unable to detect/avoid check-in conflicts. > > That's why I suggested manual setting of a "flag" to tip off

Re: [libreoffice-website] Need for a means of "checking out" content and marking it as being worked on

2011-02-03 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Michael, *, On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Michael Wheatland wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Narayan Aras wrote: >> This is not a question of how big your change is, but the possibility of its >> being overwritten! >> AFAIK unlike a VCS, Silverstripe is unable to detect/avoid chec

RE: [libreoffice-website] Need for a means of "checking out" content and marking it as being worked on

2011-02-03 Thread Narayan Aras
That plugin looks good..why not try it? If we face problems, we can always uninstall it! :) It seems to warn only when someone else EDITS the page; not when he OPENS it. -Narayan -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to website+h...@libreoffice.org Li

Re: [libreoffice-website] Need for a means of "checking out" content and marking it as being worked on

2011-02-03 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Klaus-Jürgen, *, On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:13 AM, klaus-jürgen weghorn ol wrote: > Am 02.02.2011 22:53, schrieb Christian Lohmaier: >> >> If There is a definite group who is "checking out" the pages, then one >> way would be to create a corresponding user-group, add the >> "review-publisher" t