Has anyone thought of creating a package that allows users to create workflows? Ie a new GUI content section I guess much like contour that users can use to create events. I guess it would be much like the way you can create workflows with s********t designer :) Maybe the core has thought about this as a commercial package???
I have thought about writing a workflow designer, even started a small prototype using WF to do it but in the end I didn't have to time or the desire.
On the topic of workflow I'm yet to work on a CMS build that has had any need for more of a workflow than you can produce from the Umbraco 'Submit for Approval' workflow. That's not to say I haven't built them, I have, several times, but workflows tend to have one of three outcomes:
It's used religiously (this is generally the case with government departments)
Turned off
Everyone is given the admin account to approve the workflow themselves
I've worked on 10 or so sites with workflows, so far only 1 has gone with the first option.
Although I know some of how to do a workflow designer in theory for Umbraco the time/ money is just not worth the payoff.
I have a site where documents are created front end and the client wants be notified when X property = Y. Obvisouly I can build an event handler to handle this...if they then want to be notified when another property = something else etc etc...A designer would be cool...but i agree time and effort and payoff probably aren't worth it :)
If that's all you're after you could do something dodgy and use the Description field to define the relationships, and attach a save handler which then looks at the properties, looks at defined relationships in there and do it.
Umbraco Workflows - Created By Users
Has anyone thought of creating a package that allows users to create workflows? Ie a new GUI content section I guess much like contour that users can use to create events. I guess it would be much like the way you can create workflows with s********t designer :) Maybe the core has thought about this as a commercial package???
I have thought about writing a workflow designer, even started a small prototype using WF to do it but in the end I didn't have to time or the desire.
On the topic of workflow I'm yet to work on a CMS build that has had any need for more of a workflow than you can produce from the Umbraco 'Submit for Approval' workflow.
That's not to say I haven't built them, I have, several times, but workflows tend to have one of three outcomes:
I have a site where documents are created front end and the client wants be notified when X property = Y. Obvisouly I can build an event handler to handle this...if they then want to be notified when another property = something else etc etc...A designer would be cool...but i agree time and effort and payoff probably aren't worth it :)
If that's all you're after you could do something dodgy and use the Description field to define the relationships, and attach a save handler which then looks at the properties, looks at defined relationships in there and do it.
Would be a lot more flexible, if a bit ugly ;)
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