Using Versioning to Publish "Editions"
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Hi. C5 NUB here with a client who wants to prepare multiple editions of her site in advance and publish them to the web on a regular basis. C5 versioning is at the page level and not the site level. So my best solution is "snapshotting" all the page versions for an edition then making all the mods for the next version and shapshotting those version numbers (repeatedly). Publishing will then be setting all pages to the edition snapshot versions. Sounds ugly. Alternative approaches to "magazine" publishing?
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You're right, there's no idea of having a set of pages that is approved at once.
However, I don't see what's so ugly about the snapshotting idea. I can't tell if you're planning on having next month's version completed this week (ie, complete more than a week ahead). That would make it more difficult, but not horrible.
Give this person edit access but not approve access (via advanced permissions). That'll avoid accidental approvals. It's really easy to click "approve".
There is an add-on floating around that lets you approve page from the dashboard, so you see all unapproved pages in a central place. If your editor is only one version ahead, then that's all you need. I think you'll have to google it; it's from the japanese contingent.
If not, then have your editor "finish" a version by completing the edits to all pages. Then note the time (tuesday at 4pm). Modify the add-on or create your own (won't be that difficult) to be able to input a time, and have it approve the most recent version before that.
So, not super clean with a concept of "editions", but not too bad.
James