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  2. README file for the clone module for Drupal 7.x.
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  4. The clone module allows users to make a copy of an existing node and then edit
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  5. that copy. The authorship is set to the current user, the menu and url aliases
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  6. are reset, and the (localized) words "Clone of" are inserted into the title to
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  7. remind you that you are not editing the original node.
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  9. Users with the "clone node" or "clone own nodes" permission can utilize this
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  10. functionality. A "Clone content" local action link will appear on node pages.
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  11. Depending on the setting you choose there are two possible actions that will
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  12. occur when you click that tab. Each of these is a different cloning "method".
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  14. The default method works by pre-populating the node form, rather than immediately
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  15. saving a copy of the original node to the database.  Thus, your node will not
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  16. be saved until you hit "Submit" (just like if you went to node/add/x).
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  18. The alternative method that may be selected immediately saves the node (by
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  19. default the user must confirm this action on a confirmation form). This may
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  20. work better in some cases, but also means that the copied node may immediately
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  21. show up on the front page or in RSS feeds even while you are editing it.
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  23. This module makes reasonable checks on access permissions.  A user cannot clone
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  24. a node unless they can use the input format of that node, and unless they have
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  25. permission to create new nodes of that type based on a call to node_access().
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  27. Settings can be accessed at admin/config/content/clone.  On this page you can
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  28. set whether the publishing options are reset when making a clone of a node.
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  29. This is set for each node type individually.
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  31. This module seems to work with common node types, however YMMV, especially with
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  32. nodes that have any sort of image or file  attachments.  In all cases, but
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  33. especially if you are using a complex (non-core) field or custom node type,
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  34. you should evaluate this module on a test site with a copy of your database
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  35. before attempting to use it on a live site. On the settings page you may choose
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  36. node types to be omitted from the cloning mechanism - no users will be able
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  37. to clone a node of an omitted type.
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  39. This module makes no attempt to respect field-level permissions set via
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  40. the Field Permissions module, or any other module that implements
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  41. field-level permissions hooks. You should test your configuration
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  42. carefully or not allow access to the clone functionality for non-admins if
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  43. you rely on field-level permissions for important site features.
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  45. To install this module, copy the folder with all the files to the
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  46. /sites/all/modules  OR /sites/default/modules directory of your Drupal
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  47. installation and enable it at /admin/build/modules.  Two new permissions are
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  48. available, but there are no changes to the database structure.
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  50. Note: this module originally derived from code posted by Steve Ringwood
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  51. (nevets@drupal) at http://drupal.org/node/73381#comment-137714
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