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I have to make some changes on the article edition workflow to add some features in the middle of the current edition process.

I mean, the articles when published must be saved in a different status, and will be approved by the admin before being published. Also if an author edits the article, I must keep the original article published and the new version will be in pending status until it is approved and the original article is updated. I was thinking of duplicating the article programmatically to suit this task.

I was wondering, what do I have to override, if I have to change the article edition component (is it com_content?), or what do you suggest that I do?

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I think that you will need a custom component and a plugin:

  • the plugin will change the state of new articles to unpublished. onContentBeforeSave event will help you with that. More details about the content events can be found here.
  • the component will list new versions of articles. You will need some kind of task there to accept a new version and update the original article.

Another way you can try instead of plugin is to set up the permissions and disable "Edit State".

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  • First thing I have to do is override the com_content admin component, in a way that when I open the article for edition, I'll be able to load its content in memory. Any idead of how do I do that?
    – rogcg
    Commented Apr 15, 2015 at 14:48
  • You cannot override it that way. You can override only layouts, but you will need more logic. So I advice you to write your own simple component to manage articles that way.
    – Dmitrijs Rekuns
    Commented Apr 15, 2015 at 19:01
  • Look at this question I've made, and the solution. Is it the best way? joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/9480/…
    – rogcg
    Commented Apr 15, 2015 at 19:04
  • Honestly I am not a fun of overriding. As a developer I am preferring to code custom solutions.
    – Dmitrijs Rekuns
    Commented Apr 15, 2015 at 19:05
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    Just a note - I am talking about the site part, because in the administrator com_content does not fire any events. When a user opens the article for edition it would be onContentPrepare.
    – Dmitrijs Rekuns
    Commented Apr 16, 2015 at 6:12

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