[Plugin: Edit Flow] A pool of assignments that authors can call dibs on?

Ok whats your github account, i will add you as a collaborator

Pull requests should be fine. Just send the repo link when you have it.

https://github.com/cgunnels/Edit-Flow-Claim-Posts.git

Thank you ballhogjoni and Daniel for taking this on. Can’t wait to see the final snippet.

I’m seeing on my dev server that it takes 3 post page refreshes to see the post maked as “assigned”

I made the following changes to make the “Claim” a button in its own column on the posts admin page and change the admin url to admin_url(). I’m using the custom status “available story” and giving everyone with “write_posts” capability the option to claim a post. Also, I added “Already Claimed” when a post is claimed.

/*
  * Add custom claim column in the posts view
  */

function remove_row_actions( $actions )
{
    if( get_post_type() === 'post' )
        unset( $actions['view'] );
    return $actions;
}

function add_claim_column_modify_post_table( $column ) {
    $column['claim'] = 'Claim';
    return $column;
}
add_filter( 'manage_posts_columns', 'add_claim_column_modify_post_table' );

function add_claim_button_modify_post_table_row( $column_name, $post_id ) {
    $post = get_post($post_id);
    switch ($column_name) {
        case 'claim':
        	if ( $post->post_status == "available-story" && current_user_can( 'write_posts' ) ) {
             	add_filter( 'post_row_actions', 'remove_row_actions', 10, 1 );
		    	echo '<a href="' . admin_url('assign.php?post='.$post_id.'&action=assign') . '" class="button-secondary" title="' . esc_attr( __( 'Claim this Article' ) ) . '">' . __( 'Claim' ) . '</a>';
			}

			if ( ($post->post_status == "assigned" || $post->post_status == "in-progress" )&& current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) {
   				echo '<script>function unClaim_'.$post_id.'()'.
				'{ var r = confirm("Are you sure you want to unclaim this post?\n You will lose all work done on the article.");'.
				'if (r==true){ window.location.href = "' . admin_url('assign.php?post='.$post_id.'&action=unassign') . '";
				 }}</script><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="unClaim_'.$post_id.'()" class="button-secondary" title="' . esc_attr( __( 'Unclaim this Article' ) ) . '">' . __( 'Unclaim' ) . '</a>';
  			}

  			if ( $post->post_status == "assigned" && !current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) {
   				echo 'Already Claimed';
  			}
        break;
        default:
    }
}
add_filter( 'manage_posts_custom_column', 'add_claim_button_modify_post_table_row', 10, 2 );