Bug 34951

Summary: Ability to make draft Additional Contents (pages, news, html customizations, etc)
Product: Koha Reporter: Aleisha Amohia <aleisha>
Component: ToolsAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: andrew
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
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Description Aleisha Amohia 2023-09-28 22:11:39 UTC
It would be great to have a more explicit 'draft' state for CMS pages.

We can use publication date/expiration date to 'schedule' pages but it would be great to have pages that are able to be viewed in their context (not just previewed) but aren't public or published yet
Comment 1 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2024-12-10 14:30:37 UTC
Agreed that it'd be more clear to have an explicit "Draft" checkbox rather than just relying on date. This change should be applied to all additional contents types.

Elsewhere in Koha we more commonly assume that an undefined date/limit should be open-ended. Following that logic, we'd expect additional contents to be displayed when the start date is null/blank. If we add a Draft flag, I'd like to also start treating an undefined start date as indication that this item should display immediately.
Comment 2 Aleisha Amohia 2024-12-12 00:27:55 UTC
(In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #1)
> 
> Elsewhere in Koha we more commonly assume that an undefined date/limit
> should be open-ended. Following that logic, we'd expect additional contents
> to be displayed when the start date is null/blank. If we add a Draft flag,
> I'd like to also start treating an undefined start date as indication that
> this item should display immediately.

I agree with this. It is unexpected that not specifying a date means your content doesn't show up.