6.1. Create a workflow¶

This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a new workflow.

Note

If there is no workflow yet you will redirected automatically to the workflow add form.

Select the permissions for which the workflow should be responsible. (Later you will set these permissions within every state) and click on the Save workflow button.

Now you will input the states of the workflow.

Repeat step 8 with Submitted and Public. Afterwards you should have three states as displayed in the image below.

Now you will input the transitions of the workflow.

Go to the Transitions tab.
Enter Make public into the text input field and click on Add transition tab.

Repeat step 10 for Make private and Submit. Afterwards you should have three transitions as displayed in the image below.

Now you will assign the destination states for the transitions.

Click on the Make public transition.
Within the edit dialog, select Public as destination state and click on Save & Close.

No do the same for the other transitions:

Click on the Make private transition.
Within the edit dialog, select Private as destination state and click on Save & Close.
Click on the Submit transition.
Within the edit dialog, select Submitted as destination state, and Submit as Permission and click on Save & Close.

After you have done this, your transitions should look like this.

No you will assign the transitions to the states.

Go to the States tab.
Click on the Private state.
Within the edit dialog, select the Submit transition (you could of course select more transitions if appropriate).
Select the appropriate permissions for that state (see image below).
Click on the Save & Close button.

Click on the Submitted state.
Within the edit dialog, select the Make public transition (you could of course select more transitions if appropriate).
Check Review as type. This means that objects with this state will be listed on the to reviewed objects list.
Select the appropriate permissions for that state.
Click on the Save & Close button.

Click on the Public state.
Within the edit dialog, select the Make private transition (you could of course select more transitions if appropriate).
Check Public as type. This means that the publication state of the object will be set for the first time it gets the Public state.
Select the appropriate permissions for that state (see image below).
Click on the Save & Close button.

Now you will assign your newly workflow to a content type.

Contratulations!

You have now created a new workflow and has assigned it to the Page content type.