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Steven Trooster
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7 years 4 months ago - 7 years 4 months ago #159251 by Steven Trooster

Replied by Steven Trooster on topic Author can't view his own unpublished item

I've come up with a hack to let users view their own articles, before the article is published. (This was an overwhelming request from the authors on my site) This is important, because the author wants to see the final result of the article, before it goes online.

What I've done is changed the following in Components/com_K2/views/item/view.html.php:
In lines 113 and further (// Published check) change the subsequent lines from

if (!$item->published || $item->trash)

if ((!$item->published || $item->trash) AND $item->created_by != $user->id)

So the whole piece of code looks like:

// Published check
		if ((!$item->published || $item->trash) AND $item->created_by != $user->id)
		{
			JError::raiseError(404, JText::_('K2_ITEM_NOT_FOUND'));
		}

		if (($item->publish_up != $nullDate && $item->publish_up > $now) AND $item->created_by != $user->id)
		{
			JError::raiseError(404, JText::_('K2_ITEM_NOT_FOUND'));
		}

		if (($item->publish_down != $nullDate && $item->publish_down < $now) AND $item->created_by != $user->id)
		{
			JError::raiseError(404, JText::_('K2_ITEM_NOT_FOUND'));
		}

		if ((!$item->category->published || $item->category->trash) AND $item->created_by != $user->id)
		{
			JError::raiseError(404, JText::_('K2_ITEM_NOT_FOUND'));
		}

The code could use some more refinement, so an authorized user, like an admin or an editor can preview all unpublished articles.

(I've done some testing on V3, but bringing the admin to the frontend is not the same as a live preview of the article)

Last edit: 7 years 4 months ago by Steven Trooster. Reason: Added the name of the file that has been altered

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Krikor Boghossian
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7 years 4 months ago #159259 by Krikor Boghossian

Replied by Krikor Boghossian on topic Author can't view his own unpublished item

It looks nice but if you add the Super User's group in the check it will be better :)

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7 years 4 months ago #159280 by Steven Trooster

Replied by Steven Trooster on topic Author can't view his own unpublished item

I would suggest a setting for users groups that would allow a the users in that group to view unpublished items. Not just super users. In my case editors check articles before they are published.
This would require more coding. In the list view unpublished articles aren't visible, so an editor will not be able to see these articles in the frontend. Only an author can see his own (unpublished) articles.

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7 years 4 months ago #159306 by Krikor Boghossian

Replied by Krikor Boghossian on topic Author can't view his own unpublished item

A Super user imho should be able to see all items (if he/she is dealing with the content) this is why I suggested that that groups should see these items as well.

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6 years 7 months ago #163791 by Steven Trooster

Replied by Steven Trooster on topic Author can't view his own unpublished item

Too bad the recent K2 update still doesn't have an option for authors to preview their own (draft) articles…

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6 years 7 months ago #163829 by Krikor Boghossian

Replied by Krikor Boghossian on topic Author can't view his own unpublished item

In the default template the check is there,
github.com/getk2/k2/blob/master/components/com_k2/templates/default/user.php#L95

Make sure that you are not stripping these items from your overrides.

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6 years 7 months ago #163853 by Steven Trooster

Replied by Steven Trooster on topic Author can't view his own unpublished item

I see. It's quite difficult when functionality is in a template. Makes it hard to update your own template, since you have no clue what's been updated in the core and what in de default template.

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6 years 7 months ago #163860 by Krikor Boghossian

Replied by Krikor Boghossian on topic Author can't view his own unpublished item

Everything has to be displayed in the frontend. This is a feature that has to be represented in the frontend as well.
This has been a part of the core for many years.

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