silverstripe/multiuser-editing-alert

A module that indicates when people are editing the same page in the CMS

Multi-User Editing Alert

Alerts users in the SilverStripe CMS when multiple people are editing the same page., _(*1)

Maintainer Contact

Julian Seidenberg , _(*2)

Requirements

SilverStripe 4.0 or newer, _(*3)

Installation

Run: composer require silverstripe/multiuser-editing-alert, _(*4)

The module is automatically enabled after flush=all., _(*5)

Usage

Install the module and blue dots appear next to pages in the site tree to indicate where CMS authors are editing. If multiple authors edit the same page a red dot and large warning messages appears on the page., _(*6)

The list of people editing the page is stored in the SS_Cache file (DynamoDB in SilverStripe Platform or Tmp), and running a flush clears the list of editors., _(*7)

The module polls the server every 3 seconds when there are multiple users editing, but saves server cycles by polling about every 24 seconds when there is just a single content author editing. If a user logs out or closes their tab, they automatically get timed out and removed from the list of current editors., _(*8)

You can just the timing of the pollings using the multiuser.yml config file. For example, if there are a huge amount of content authors editing at any one time, you might want to set update less frequently, as that might overload the server., _(*9)

Extra bonus: the red and blue dots are SVG files, and therefore tiny to download., _(*10)

See a video demo here, _(*11)

Attribution

• Icons bluedot.svg and reddot.svg by Benji Park. All rights reserved. Licensed under a Creative Commons Zero 1.0 License.
• Icon warning.svg from IcoMoon App. All rights reserved. Licensed under a GPL / CC BY 4.0.