// $Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2010-04-05 21:19:11 agentken Exp $ /** * @file * README file for Domain Content */ Domain Access: Content Administration Provides a Content list screen for each active domain. CONTENTS -------- 1. Introduction 1.1 Use-Case 2. Installation 2.1 Permissions 3. Menu Items 3.1 Access Control 3.2 Affiliated Content 3.3 Active Domains 4. Content Editing 4.1 Affiliates 4.2 Domain Access Options 4.3 Form Behavior 5. Developer Notes ---- 1. Introduction The Domain Content provides an alternate page for batch editing site content. The module is part of the Domain Access module group. For administrative users, this module also enables a new batch update operation on the Content administration screen. ---- 1.1 Use-Case Domain Access is a node access module. By design, Drupal's default content administration page does not respect node access rules. The Domain Content provides an additional set of batch content administration pages that respect the node access rules set by the Domain Access module. ---- 2. Installation To install the module, simply untar the download and put it in your site's modules directory. After reading this document, enable the module normally. When you enable the module, no new tables will be created in your Drupal database. If you wish for users with the 'edit domain nodes' permission to access the Domain Content interface, you must enable the 'Use access control for editors' option under Advanced Settings on the Domains configuration page: Administer > Site Building > Domains ---- 2.1 Permissions The Domain Content adds 'review content for all domains' permission to Access Control permissions and uses the existing permissions from the Domain Access module. ---- 3. Menu Items When the module is installed, a new top-level Administration menu is created. This menu is titled 'Affiliated Content'. If your site has fewer domains than set in the Domain List Size setting of the main module, then each affilite will be given its own menu entry. The default size of this variable is 25. See http://drupal.org/node/367752 for the rationale. ---- 3.1 Access Control The relevant permissions to Domain Content are: - 'edit domain nodes' - 'set domain access' - 'review content for all domains' - 'administer nodes' Users with the 'edit domain nodes' permission can view content for domains where they are assigned editors. Users with the 'set domain access' permission can view content for domains where they are assigned editors _and_ reassign content to one or more affiliates. Users with the core 'administer nodes' permission may view and edit content on any affiliate. Either the 'administer nodes', 'edit domain nodes' or the 'review content for all domains' permission is required to access the 'Affiliated content' screen. ---- 3.2 Affiliated Content The Affiliated Content link resides at the path 'admin/domain/content'. This page returns a list of all domains for which the user can edit or view content. By design, the first menu item under Affiliated Content is the 'Content for all affiliate sites' link. This page will show all content that is viewable across all site affiliates. [Technically, the page shows all content assigned to the 'domain_site' access realm.] ---- 3.3 Active Domains For each active domain in your Domain Access configuration, the Domain Content module will set a new menu item. This page shows a list of all content that is assigned to that domain. If users have the appropriate access to edit content for that domain, the menu item will be available. ---- 4. Content Editing The batch editing forms for Domain Content work identically to those for the default Drupal 'administer content' screen. ---- 4.1 Affiliates On the batch editing form is an additional column labelled 'Affiliates.' This column shows the Domain Access rules for each node. Remember that content that is assigned to more than one domain can be edited by multiple users, so be careful when editing content that is published to multiple affiliates. ---- 4.2 Domain Access Options You may use this form to batch update the Domain Access rules for your nodes. If you have the 'set domain access' permission, you will see the Domain Access Options form elements beneath the node list. If you select the operation "Change affiliate publishing options", any nodes that you select can be batch updated to the new settings you select. By default, the currently active domain will be chosen, as will the value set for promoting new nodes to all affiliates. WARNING: It is possible that you may move some nodes to domains other than the currently active domain. If so, some nodes will be removed from the form after you submit the update. This behavior is normal and desired. ---- 4.3 Form Behavior In 6.x.2.5 and higher, you may select one of two options when updating domains. Under the 'Update behavior' form element, you may choose: [] Replace old values with new settings [] Add new settings to existing values [] Remove selected domains from existing values Choosing 'replace' will erase any current domain affiliation for the selected nodes and replace them with those entered into the form. Choosing 'add' will merge the new values with the existing values. Choosing 'remove' will remove the new values from the existing ones. This new feature is helpful when you want to alter domain settings, but do not want all nodes to be assigned to the same affiliates. ---- 5. Developer Notes A companion module that handles this function for Comments is also needed. For support for Views Bulk Operations (which was released after this module) see the Domain Actions project: http://drupal.org/project/domain_actions.