django CMS Version Locking

Explanation

The version-locking addon is intended to modify the way djangocms-versioning works in the following way:

• The primary change is that it locks a version to its author when a draft is created.
• The lock prevents editing of the file by anyone other than the author.
• That version becomes automatically unlocked again once it is published.
• Locks can be removed by a user with the correct permission
• Unlocking an item sends a notification to the author to which it was locked.
• Manually unlocking a version does not lock it to the unlocking user, nor does it change the author.
• The Version admin view for each content-type registered with Version-locking will be edited to add in lock icons / buttons UI to the Actions column.

Installation

The package djangocms-versioning and djangocms-moderation need to be installed for this project to function correctly.

Configuration

Version-locking makes use of the django-cms 4.x App Registration mechanism to allow models from other addon's (i.e. content-types) to be registered for use with version-locking. See the cms_config.py file for an example of how. In this file the PageContent model is configured for version-locking.