Our clients often come to Drupal with expectations about the features of a content management system (CMS). In many cases, Drupal handles the features they expect. However, not all editorial tools are a part of Drupal Core, and Drupal has addressed these tools with various contributed modules. As a result, Drupal’s editorial space generally lacks a consistent workflow and interface.
Ideally suited to the needs of universities. Workbench incorporates contributed modules and has some new features of its own:
Hierarchical permission inheritance by “Sections” not just content types
Extensible workflow states
Single repository for media management
Modify live content without publishing changes immediately
Workbench provides a unified interface for managing content. In effect, Workbench hides Drupal from you and makes content management about your institution and your website, not about Drupal.
Speaker(s): Ken Rickard
Experience Level: Beginner
UiPath Platform: The Backend Engine Powering Your Automation - Session 1
Workbench: Managing Content Management
1. Managing Content
in Drupal with
Workbench
Ken Rickard
Palantir.net
@agentrickard
Saturday, July 28, 2012
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
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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
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4. Client Expectations
• Often unstated assumptions!
• Drupal learning curve
• Where is “my content”?
• Content can be reviewed before
publication
• Changes to live content can be reviewed
• “Our old CMS did it”
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22. 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
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23. The Millennium Falcon Blog
http://www.starwarsart.org/2011/06/han-and-chewie-watercolor-for-han-
and.html
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24. 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
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26. No need for Workbench Access
• There are no internal divisions
http://www.starwarsart.org/2011/06/han-and-chewie-art-weekends.html
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33. Big-name bloggers
“Traps and how to avoid them”
http://www.starwarsart.org/2012/03/admiral-ackbar-portrait.html
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34. Rebel Gatekeepers
http://www.starwarsart.org/2012/01/fun-endor-postcard-love-c3p0s-man-
purse.html
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35. Workbench Moderation states
Needs
Dra. Published
Review
http://www.starwarsart.org/2012/04/awesome-realistic-obi-wan-kenobi-star.html
http://www.starwarsart.org/2012/03/c3po-art-continuous-line-drawing-on.html
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36. The Empire Blog
http://www.starwarsart.org/2011/04/awesome-tie-pilot-from-behind.html
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37. Imperial culture
• Highly structured
• Strict hierarchy
• Monolithic to outsiders
http://www.starwarsart.org/2012/01/awesome-retro-star-wars-art-
empire.html
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44. Moff ‘My Workbench’
http://www.starwarsart.org/2011/09/awesome-emperor.html
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45. Upcoming Workbench
Moderation features
• Nonlinear approvals
• Fields on the state change itself
• Varying workflows on arbitrary conditions
• Ctools-powered exportability
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50. “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
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51. Thanks!
• Ken Rickard
• rickard@palantir.net
• @agentrickard
• Steve Persch
• Visit us at www.palantir.net
• Follow us on Twitter: @palantir
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