I experience this UX problem a lot with new Drupal / Backdrop users. When presented with a file field on a form, they click the upload button before selecting a file, expecting the upload button is step 1 of the process and not step 2.
I think it might help if the upload button were disabled (or invisible?) until the user had selected a file. Here is a Drupal project that does exactly that: https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/clivelinsell/1587560
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The problem here is that the Rule itself is faulty. See explanations and an alternative here: https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/rules/issues/241
Rules and Registration: "Undefined method AnonymousUser::save()"
I believe you can accomplish at least some of that functionality using Rules module. You can Grant, Reset and Revoke permissions based on many trigger events such as Saving a Node or...
Workflow module or equivalent?
Hi Mike, try user/login, that should work.
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