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Inactive User's avatar
Inactive User
7 years ago

How does the VIEW ALL DRAFTS blog page get the drafts (if there's no way to get drafts in the API)?

I'm trying to show drafts by various authors to our blog manager, and it seems there's literally no way to do this ... however, since the Blog Dashboard itself has the option to SHOW ALL DRAFTS, ther...
SuzieH's avatar
SuzieH
Khoros Alumni (Retired)

Hi Inactive User. Check out the Manage any article and Manage own articles permissions under Blog Articles. I believe those two permissions include the ability to see drafts inherently. I have the Blog Author role for the Lithium Community, for example for the Release Notes blog. I am able to see my own drafts, but not others' drafts. I believe only the author of a blog is able to access/edit their drafts.

Inactive User's avatar
Inactive User
7 years ago

Thanks, yes, it seems that's the issue, which is a problem for a good blogging workflow for us (so far). I'll lyk if I find a good workaround. I figure if SMM can do it, why can't I?  Thoughts?