A Django-CMS plugin for blocking pages which are edited by another user. This provides a simple mechanism to prevent two users working on the same page. Due to the fact, that only the version of the last user hitting the save button is stored, data loss is very likely.
This plugin adds a hidden toolbar item in order to provide the required code to the client. Once the browser enters a page, it checks for another user and gets blocked in case the page has been locked. If the page is not edited at this moment, the client acquires a lock and hence blocks it for other users for the time of working. The check if performed by polling the server with an specified interval. Once the client lefts the page, the lock is released and the next user will be able to make changes.
- blocks a page with an overlay in case another user is already working on it
- reloads the page once it is released, in order to fetch the latest changes
- displays the username and time of the blocking user
To get started using djangocms-concurrent-users
:
install it with
pip
:$ pip install djangocms-concurrent-users
add the plugins to
INSTALLED_APPS
:INSTALLED_APPS = ( ... 'djangocms_concurrent_users', ... )
- run
migrate
. - add
url(r'', include('djangocms_concurrent_users.urls', namespace='concurrent_users'), ),
to your urls
CONCURRENT_BLOCKING_OFFSET
: Time to wait until the page is release just after the user left; is20
by default; Must not be shorter thanCONCURRENT_POLLING_INTERVAL
CONCURRENT_POLLING_INTERVAL
: Interval for the clients to poll the server; is20
by default; Must not be greater thanCONCURRENT_BLOCKING_OFFSET
CONCURRENT_BLOCK_EDITING
: Specifies if the blocking actually happens; isTrue
by default;