create multiple workflows for one content type

Yes, we need multiple workflows. Here's my current thinking. The best way to do this would be to develop workflow.inc for Drupal 5.1. This would handle multiple hardcoded workflows that are already in Drupal (sticky, published, etc). Then a companion workflow.module would extend this to include user-defined workflows like workflow.module does now.

yeah, sounds great.

However I was talking about a change to the current 4.7 workflow module. Currently a content-type can have one workflow assigned, but no more. But I would like to be able to assign more than one workflow to the same content type.

Would you be open-minded for a patch for this?

Without a patch, I'm going to close this as won't fix for 4.7. When we start on the 5 branch and/or start looking at core we can touch on this conversation again.

If you'd like to get a jump on this process, start thinking CCK workflow field. This is probably the best way to implement multiple workflow states per node.

Hi:

I think it's time to reopen this issue since th 5.x version is here...

I think having multiple workflows per node type is a very important feature.

Is this feature planned to be included in the next version?

Forgot to change the state...

I'd like to join this. I also need multiple workflows per-node. Any updates on the plans for this? TIA.

subscribing

I'm not going to implement this feature, as I'm using workflow-ng for this now.

Delayed until later this fall.

Watching

Ok, now we have 6.5, but still no multiple workflows and no workflow-ng for version 6. Or am I missing something?

http://drupal.org/project/rules ?

+1

For d6 there is no module like workflow-ng's cclinks.module and states.module, so this feature request is apposite again.

I think to accomplish this, the easiest - maybe even the most beautifull - way is to use cck fields. This would make it also easy for other types than nodes to use workflow.

You can just use rules together with a CCK field to build workflows, have a look at the tutorials.

I think we can apply one of the ideas that Jeff Eaton came up here #475712: Allow per-node workflows . In short, by allowing per-node basis workflows for a content type, we are essentially enable the multiple workflows for the content type. This is done upon node creation, which is the logical place to determine a node's workflow before it's created. Once a node is created, workflow cannot be switched as it's in the workflow.

@fago: how can we use rules with cck for getting a workflow? Can you give a link to the tutorial that you are talking about?

http://nuvole.org/blog/2010/apr/12/measure-node-completion-in-drupal-part-3

Thanks to the integration with the powerful Rules module, you can set up complex workflows with data completion in a couple of minutes.

#1891460: Multiple workflows on a node