Custom Publishing Options

How to use:

1. Install "Custom Publishing Options" from the module list page.
2. Configure Custom Publishing Options on your site at admin/structure/custom_pub, under the Structure menu.
3. On each new option created, set the Node types the option should be available from.
4. Go to the Permissions page. Grant permission to each role that should be able to use the new publishing option.

Note that, using just Custom Publishing Options, on its own, a role needs 'administer nodes' in order to see any of the core publishing options at all. Without it, they still see custom publishing options, just not 'status', 'sticky', or 'promoted' states. More on that under "Additional Features".

Views

Using the Views (http://drupal.org/project/views) module opens up a whole new avenue of displaying content with Custom Publishing Options. Create your View any way you like, and under Filter you will find all Custom Publishing Options available. Create archived content sections by creating an Archive option, and Filter by that option!

Additional Features

If you want greater permissions to allow a role to use custom publishing options or core states (status, sticky, promoted), it is suggested that you also pick up Override Node Options module. This module adds access control to each publish state at the role level, so 'administer nodes' is not a requirement.