2. About Palantir.net
• Founded in 1996; working with Drupal since
2006
• Web strategy, design, and development firm
• Team of senior-level Drupal and Web experts
• Leading contributors to Drupal
core, contributed modules, and community
• Enterprise Select Acquia Partner
3. Why Workbench?
• Drupal lacked an out-of-the-box unified
interface for workflow, moderation, and
access control.
• Many organizations have multiple content
managers with different levels of
responsibility and technical expertise
• Workbench enables content managers to
focus on their content, not on learning how to
use Drupal
15. Museum‟s Whale Songs kiosk
• Physically in the gift shop
• Publicly listed with gift shop on website
• Administratively still an “exhibit”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Humpback_stellwagen_edit.jpg
16. Workbench Access hierarchy
• The University
• College of Arts and Sciences
• English Department
• Biology Department
• Student genome blog
• Psychology Department
• School of Medicine
• Dentistry
• Nursing
• General Medicine
17. The Millennium Falcon Blog
http://www.starwarsart.org/2011/06/han-and-chewie-watercolor-for-han-
and.html
18. The Millennium Falcon culture
• Decisions made quickly
• Deep trust between Han and Chewbacca
• They have some specialized tasks
• Roles aren’t enforced with overt structure
http://www.starwarsart.org/2011/06/han-and-chewie-calvin-and-hobbes-
for.html
39. Upcoming Workbench
Moderation features
• Nonlinear approvals
• Fields on the state change itself
• Varying workflows on arbitrary conditions
• Ctools-powered exportability
44. “The more you tighten your grip, the more
nodes will slip through your fingers”
http://www.starwarsart.org/2011/03/cool-empire-sb-star-wars-art.html
45. Thanks!
• George DeMet
• demet@palantir.net
• Steve Persch
• persch@palantir.net
• Visit us at www.palantir.net
• Follow us on Twitter: @palantir
Editor's Notes
The biology department my have lots of front end blogs managed by staff.-The student genome blog might be the only one that requires separate access controls.
The biology department my have lots of front end blogs managed by staff.-The student genome blog might be the only one that requires separate access controls.
Pain Points in stock Drupal 6 and Drupal 7 (3-5)Fire hose at admin/contentAdmin side sectionsContent workflowOrganizations have had to change the way they operate to fit the web. Not all those changes are good.
Workbench is essentially a set of Views that provide an alternative to admin/content
Chewie owes Han a “life debt”Han is the talker/faceChewie does a lot of repairs
You can add to this layout with a hook, Or override it all with Panels.
Workbench is essentially a set of Views that provide an alternative to admin/content
Breaking out the unpublished state
Compare to Drupal coreGreen is published, publicly visible.Red is the version that comes up on the edit page.
Back to the public vs. administrative divide.
This is the example scheme that comes with Workbench Access.To the public, there might information about a “Songs of the Whales” booth that is physically in the Gift shop.-And it’s physically in the gift shop because there are CDs to sell.-The public information about the booth might be in the Gift Shop section of the website.--And yet to the staff, it is still an “exhibit”Edit restrictions only.
The biology department my have lots of front end blogs managed by staff.-The student genome blog might be the only one that requires separate access controls.
Chewie owes Han a “life debt”Han is the talker/faceChewie does a lot of repairs
Stock workbench works just fine for them.Content doesn’t change very often for them.
Both have publishing permission.If something is published erroneously , that’s a personal problem.
Moderation states don’t imply a person who looks at node-Compare to Marketplace
Chewie owes Han a “life debt”Han is the talker/faceChewie does a lot of repairs
Chewie owes Han a “life debt”Han is the talker/faceChewie does a lot of repairs
Not the highest ranking rebels
Workbench is essentially a set of Views that provide an alternative to admin/content
Similar to stock admin/content
Both have publishing permission.If something is published erroneously , that’s a personal problem.
Both have publishing permission.If something is published erroneously , that’s a personal problem.
Both have publishing permission.If something is published erroneously , that’s a personal problem.
Both have publishing permission.If something is published erroneously , that’s a personal problem.
The biology department my have lots of front end blogs managed by staff.-The student genome blog might be the only one that requires separate access controls.
