Same Category names with Cobalt Sections and Joomla

For review requests, the submissions are public, but only the reviewers may see and search these categories. For reviews only the reviewers may submit and the articles are for public viewing.

I think you can make everything within one section and one type. When publiс try to submit this type it is request because he see only request field. But when reviewer edit it it have review fields. Thus request is transformed into review.

But what I would do, I would make books and reviews sections all Cobalt based. Then you have only one category structure. Reviews are not categorised any more. They are only children of books and inherit books category structure. YOu see list of the reviews right under he book description. Buttons to adв new review is also there. This will be ideal and easier to migrate later. And also book search will be much easier by different fields.

Thank you, I will try this and get back to you if I run into problems :)

So sorry, I'm a little confused.... I create a single category. To this public can add article (review request). At this point I need the reviewers only to access the article in the frontend, select a book and download (one download only allowed per book). It is critical that this step allows only registered, logged in reviewers to access the article. Once they have read the book, only reviewers can go in (frontend) and add the required information, i.e. review and rating. Once published, the article is then once again available to the public for viewing.

I have most likely missed something here and do apologise, but I'm not sure how to make it restricted during the review selection and creation stage. Will the search not reveal these to everyone when they search in the completed reviews? I thought that perhaps in the unpublished stage they would not show, but how do the reviewers then find the articles to do what they need to do?

I would greatly appreciate your help with this, thank you so much :)

I have most likely missed something here and do apologise, but I'm not sure how to make it restricted during the review selection and creation stage.

What I would do

1. Create new user group name it reviewers.

2. Creale new access level called reviewers and add this group to this access level.

3. When create field upload for uploading book allow download(or even view) only for access level (AL) reviewers

4. When create content type review the fields that contain review itself set AL reviewers

5. When reviewer add review he have to change article ownership to him, so field author in form template parameters have to be set AL reviewers. And if not set Author can edit = no, and moderators AL reviewers. It is another way.

How to combine review request and review itself in one type.

You create one type. By default you set Who can view = AL reviewers. This wil make it so that after public created new article it is not visible by anyone but reviewers. When he create article he only see one textarea with default text in it.

Please, add a review for this article.

He can add some extra or just click submit.

Then reviewers come and see all requests. They download, read, edit review. When they edit they change authorship and AL to public. They have special fields to add review that are editable only by AL reviewers and visible to public.

Oh :) Sound so simple. Thank you once again, I will give this a try.

Hi there, I have been delayed with this project and now wanting to resume. I need to please clarify something... If I wish to have the review files uploaded and then downloaded by a reviewer, will I need to purchase a separate field module and which one, upload or download?? An urgent answer would be appreciated

Uregent answer on Sunday.

Yes you awill have to purchase uoloads field. It handle both download and upload process. But if you want to sell yorbdownloads you willl need pay to download foeld.

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