Patent ID: 7404141

Claim:
A machine-implemented method of managing content at a web site, the method comprising: receiving a first request from a user to create a particular content item in a particular folder associated with the web site; in response to the first request, inspecting permission data to determine that said user has create-with-approval privileges relative to said particular folder; in response to determining that said user has create-with-approval privileges relative to said particular folder, adding said particular content item to said particular folder in a not-publicly-visible state; in response to receiving input that grants approval for the particular item to be created in the particular folder, changing the state of the particular content item to a publicly-visible state; receiving a second request; in response to the second request, determining a current state of the particular content item; if the current state of the particular content item is the publicly-visible state, then responding to the second request by providing a web page that includes said particular content item; and if the current state of the particular content item is in the not-publicly-visible state, then responding to the second request by providing a web page that does not include said particular content item.