Locking versions¶

Explanation¶

The lock versions setting is intended to modify the way djangocms-versioning works in the following way:

A version is locked to its author when a draft is created.
The lock prevents editing of the draft by anyone other than the author.
That version becomes automatically unlocked again once it is published.
Locks can be removed by a user with the correct permission (delete_versionlock)
Unlocking an item sends an email notification to the author to which it was locked.
Manually unlocking a version does not lock it to the unlocking user, nor does it change the author.
The Version admin view for each versioned content-type shows lock icons and offers unlock actions

In your project’s settings.py add:

DJANGOCMS_VERSIONING_LOCK_VERSIONS = True

Configure email notifications to fail silently by setting:

EMAIL_NOTIFICATIONS_FAIL_SILENTLY = True