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Hello PMC!
Today, we're introducing the ability to collaborate on individual content publications! Content includes Maps, Skins, Texture Packs, Data Packs, Blogs, Servers, etc.
Similar to thread collaboration, you can invite members to help edit and update a submission. Collaboration is completely optional feature but it can be quite useful and fun for those that work well together. Team work!
This update is arriving with a change to how the Group content permission is handled. Now the group content permission means the member can publish to the group but only edit their own contributions NOT all group content. Group admin still maintains overall control over group content. Read more in this thread.
Collaborators don't have permission to manage collaborators, publish drafts or draft published content.
Today, we're introducing the ability to collaborate on individual content publications! Content includes Maps, Skins, Texture Packs, Data Packs, Blogs, Servers, etc.
Similar to thread collaboration, you can invite members to help edit and update a submission. Collaboration is completely optional feature but it can be quite useful and fun for those that work well together. Team work!
This update is arriving with a change to how the Group content permission is handled. Now the group content permission means the member can publish to the group but only edit their own contributions NOT all group content. Group admin still maintains overall control over group content. Read more in this thread.
A few reasons you might invite content collaborators
- Formally crediting, promoting & trusting others when they contributed to the content.
- Make it easier to keep a complex or long term project or tutorial up to date.
- Delegate tasks to divide and conquer based on talents. i.e. Maybe you wrote a short story that could use illustrations?
- Allowing a trusted friend to review or proof read your work prior to publication.
Requirements & Limitations
- You must be level 5+ to invite collaborators but you can invite members of any level.
- Content must be DRAFTED or LIVE.
- You can invite up to 5 members to collaborate per submission.
- XP only goes to the original author of the content. Sorry, sharing XP would introduce ways of abusing the feature as well as technical complexities.
How do I invite members to collaborate on my content?
- Save at least a draft of your content.
- "Edit" and you'll see a new tab labeled "Collaboration".
- Invite up to 5 members.
Invited to be a collaborator?
If you're invited to be a collaborator on someone's content, you'll receive a notification. You can choose to accept or decline. If you decline, you can't be invited again. If you accept, you'll be listed as a collaborator of the content and gain access to making changes! You can leave the collaboration at anytime.What can collaborators change?
Collaborators have permission to edit the title, categories, description, tags and media.Collaborators don't have permission to manage collaborators, publish drafts or draft published content.
Check out system
If you're collaborating on content, you may eventually run into the check out system. This system helps prevent multiple collaborators from overwriting changes. The system itself does a good job of explaining and managing control. Ideally, you won't even know it's there.Managing Collaborative Content
If you're collaborating on content, you'll find it separated on your content management page.What do you think?
I thought my brain was going to explode managing this update and covering every use case in conjunction with groups. I'm sure there will be tweaks but the hardest part should be over. :D Hope the community has fun with the flexibility of working together.Create an account or sign in to comment.
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I'm gonna collab with my alt account on everything from now on lol.
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That's great! I love the ''groups'' update!! We are a big patchwork family!
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finally!!!!
** in a not negative way i just was always wanting this
** in a not negative way i just was always wanting this
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Forum collaborations, Groups and now Content Collaborations
That's hella lot of work right here
That's hella lot of work right here
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Really nice feature.
But Sir
When will you make it possible to ping (@) people on phone?
But Sir
When will you make it possible to ping (@) people on phone?
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You've been busting out some really cool updates! Almost makes me think you've also been taken over by Microsoft >_>
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I cannot confirm nor deny that Phil Spenser himself had everything (or nothing) to do with this update.
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Great update! I dont know programming and I dont know how hard it is to implement the sharing of experience between collaborators, but in my opinion this is the most important part of this update. Maybe, later?
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We've been going back and forth internally over the idea of XP sharing. So far, we've landed on *not* allowing this behavior because of various complexities involved in calculating this. That doesn't mean we won't change our mind, but, for now, I think it's more important to have users be able to show their group affiliations, and maybe their contributions to that group, at a glance so you can see how much they've contributed to a group's experience.
However, I understand the catch 22 here: if a new user joins a group and *only* contributes to the group, they'll be forever stuck at level 1. It's something we've been thinking about but haven't landed on a good solution for.
However, I understand the catch 22 here: if a new user joins a group and *only* contributes to the group, they'll be forever stuck at level 1. It's something we've been thinking about but haven't landed on a good solution for.
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I have an idea - all XP for current group project going to one person, and this you can define in settings
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On a roll with these recent updates, they're all much appreciated 🙏
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This is huge! Thank you PMC team ♥️
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Another new feature? Great! Can't wait to use this feature.
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Love the updates! Can't wait to do collabs with ease!
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That's very great!
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Great!
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