Workflow and passage of time

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Posted by mark matuschka on July 4, 2008 at 3:06am

A common requirement is to execute actions based on passage of time. Can I have some input on how you slick Drupal people out there have attacked this issue?

An example. Let's say you have the stereotypical workflow of create -> approve -> publish. If the approver doesn't approve or disapprove within 1 week of node creation, an email reminder is to be sent to the approver.

What's the most elegant way to trigger the email?

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You can use workflow_ng

Posted by amitaibu on July 4, 2008 at 4:58pm
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You can use workflow_ng module - you have scheduled events which run via cron, (using the Custom Content Links module) .

Custom Content Links = Custom Links ?

Posted by markIllinois on July 4, 2008 at 8:44pm
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Re: "using the Custom Content Links module"

Is this a reference to Custom Links? (http://drupal.org/project/custom_links)

Custom Content Links module

Posted by amitaibu on July 6, 2008 at 9:46am
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Custom Content Links module is part of the workflow_ng module

Thanks

Posted by mark matuschka on July 6, 2008 at 9:18pm
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Thanks, that's the sort of thing I'm after. I see there's a useful tutorial at http://drupal.org/node/175319.

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