Locksmith Plugin for Movable Type

Authors: Six Apart, Kevin Shay Copyright 2009 Six Apart, Ltd. License: Artistic, licensed under the same terms as Perl itself

Overview

A plugin for Movable Type which prevents entries and templates from being edited by more than one user at the same time.

Features

• Entry/page locking to a single editor, entry's author, or disabled.
• Template locking to a single editor or disabled.
• Configurable times for:
  • Lock duration when editing an object
  • Lock renewal when editing an object
  • Retry interval when viewing a locked entry
• Lock override for System Administrator and optional second role.
• All user messaging strings are configurable.

Installation

1. Move the Locksmith plugin directory to the MT plugins directory.
2. Move the Locksmith mt-static directory to the mt-static/plugins directory.

Should look like this when installed:

$MT_HOME/
    plugins/
        Locksmith/
    mt-static/
        plugins/
            Locksmith/