Internal Nodes

Description

Some content/nodes should never be viewed directly; only visible be through something else such as Views or Panels. This module denies access to node/[nid] URLs while allowing the content to stay published and otherwise viewable.

Use Cases

• Index all content in search, but 301 redirect content to the correct View/Panel on a different path. Example: A View with named anchors as titles. See this on the demo!
• Deny the existence of select node/[nid] URLs by returning a 404 instead of a 403.
• Add an edit link field for each node in a View, then automatically redirect back to the View after saving changes.

Functionality

• Creates a permission per content type which when disabled denies node view to the specified role.
• Adds an option to content type edit forms for administrators to select the result of a direct node view.
• Node view options are Allow, Not Found, Access Denied, and Redirect.
• Redirect URL/path can use tokens, anchors or $_GET variables.
• "Denied action setting per-node" in content type settings. Node default is to use content type default.
• hook_url_outbound_alter() implementation to rewrite URLs of denied nodes to the redirect URL.
• Simpletests for content type settings, node settings, and hook_url_outbound_alter().
• Rules integration - Node view denied to user
• internal-node class on <div> and optional status messages for users with permission to view blocked nodes.

Future Functionality

Create a feature request issue if you need any of this functionality sooner than "the future"

• Custom Drupal message per-content type or per-node.
• Rules - Set 'view action'
• Views - List blocked actions for each node
• PHP/Hook for redirection location
• Simpletests for minor features