STRAD ★ Unlimited Workflows

I tried this add on in comparison with Comala. What I really like about STRAD Workflow is: * that only published versions will be shown in the page history, so only relevant versions are shown * to work on a copy of the page with restricted access for others * the easy to handle clickable workflow editor

ce plug in est un must have !! il réponds à la plus part de nos besoins, et si c'est pas le cas, le support réponds soit par une évolution du plug in ou à un workaround. et tout ceci dans un temps minimum!!! la gestion du workflow est intuitive (il faudrait peut-etre juste améliorer la documentation :) car le produit est puissant) je tiens à féliciter le support pour ses réponses pertinentes et sa rapidité!! Bravo à toute l'équipe

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  Stradefi SA

  Hi Jerome,

  Thanks for your review, this is much appreciated.

  Yes, by default, the example "Page approval" workflow will clear page restrictions when publishing the page. However, you can freely modify the workflow in Visual Editor, to apply the page restrictions that you require.

  Also, the new "Page approval with milestones" workflow (added in version 1.4.2 on November 30th) will apply a standard set of page restrictions when publishing the page. Likewise, you can customize these restrictions in the workflow.

  However, in case you need different restrictions on different pages, at the moment workflows can only replace them, they cannot add or subtract page restrictions. There are several solutions depending on your needs. The most trivial approach is to remove the "Set page restrictions" actions so that your workflow won't touch the page restrictions at all. A more refined approach might be a new "save/restore page restrictions" action, if sufficient for your needs. And finally, there would be the possibility of adding a new "Add/remove page restrictions" action. Could you open a ticket with us, so we can discuss your precise needs in more detail?

  About your 2nd question: the separate published view vs. author/review view has been implemented in version 1.4.2 which is very recent, so maybe you haven't tried it yet. It prevents authors from editing pages while they are in review. If you could try it and then send us some feedback by opening a ticket, that would be great.

  Thanks!

We needed this add-on to bring Quality Management to our Documentation spaces. So far it is working really well for us. The UI (both admin and user facing) is always snappy, no glitch or slowdowns. Also I like how changes take effect immediately when saving the workflow. Regarding custom workflow design, it offers lots of flexibility with a quick learning curve. Don't be put off by the 1.x version number: I never knew we could do so much in Confluence without coding. Now we're making extra workflows for collaboration and on the couple times we contacted support, they provided very helpful answers. May I ask for a feature: it would be neat if we could limit users so they can't see newer versions of pages until they are approved. Not sure if hard to implement but we would be happy to test it. Keep up the nice work!

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  Stradefi SA

  Hi Ahmad, thanks for the review! Indeed we have big plans for STRAD Workflows, and we're happy to hear that you're using it for several purposes already.

  Regarding your feature request: yes it makes complete sense to us, and in fact we already have such a feature implemented in Release Candidate stage. It is named "Page approval with milestones" and we're currently fine-tuning it with another customer. If you wish to submit a support request, we'd be happy to take you in the loop and gather your input about it.

  Thanks again for the encouragement :-)