drupal modr8 module (different from drupal moderate module for v5.x)
http://drupal.org/project/modr8 6.x-1.1 on 6.14
Main function:
"Allows you to preview content, as well as approve or deny, and send messages to the author informing them of your choice."
Example function:
When you want to approve newly created enduser-generated content before it gets published.
The module does not control access, meaning content is simply not published and therefore is not linked within the site - it does remain accessible to anyone who knows its address (path) and as such can be linked to from the outside. Another module that does similar but more securely is not known to me.
Manage:
There does not appear to be handbook documentation.
Site building > Modules: Other: Modr8: checkmark: enable
User management > Permissions: modr8 module: moderate content
Site configuration > Modr8 settings:
- Default action: approve, delete, no action
- Number of moderated posts to display per page: dropdown 5-200
- Discard log entries older than: 1 day - 12 weeks, never
- Moderator email adress: textbox
- checkmark: Send approval messages
- Acceptance e-mail subject: textbox (with tokens)
- Acceptance email: textbox (with tokens)
- checkmark: Send denial messages
- Denial e-mail subject: textbox (with tokens)
- Denial e-mail: textbox (with tokens)
- Send a message when taking no action, but only if the moderator enters a "Note to author".
- No action e-mail subject: textbox (with tokens)
- No action e-mail note: textbox (with tokens)
Site building > Blocks: Moderation queue
Content management > Content types > [Type]: Workflow settings
Default options:
- Checkmark: In moderation queue
Content management > Moderated content:
- Link: Show log of all actions on moderated content: Page: Action - User-Date - (Asc/Desc) - Title (view event)
- Number of posts in moderation (no action).
Content > Edit (all enabled types?)
"Checkbox - In moderation queue
This Page will be placed in moderation if the In moderation queue checkbox is selected."
Observations
From first enabling, I see "1 post in moderation" but it does not show up on any list, where is it?
An irritating warning appears at the top of each enabled content creation node:
This [nodetype] will be submitted for moderation and will not be accessible to other users until it has been approved.
This is almost a threat. Both the message text and the location at top of page are too intimidating for unsuspecting/unsuspected end-users. Since I can't fix both of these on short notice, I'll do without the module's functionality for now.