Schedule Content Expiration in Orchard CMS | Trigger Workflow etc

Question

How to mark a Custom Content type as Expired/Archived after a specific Date/Time in ORchard CMS ?

Requirement:: I created a custom content type: SideBarLinks. This type contains, among other things, two fields which are :

• ExpirationDate
  Descriptive Text:- Date After which item will be marked Expired:
• ExpirationStatus
  Descriptive Text:- Is The Item Expired?

Please see below image:

I am really not sure how to proceed further now. How Can I trigger some Function/Workflow/Program which will check the ExpirationDate and Set the ExpirationStatus accordingly ( Yes/No) ?

I see there is a similar feature called PublishLater thing in Orchard CMS, where we can set the Scheduled Publish Date and Time:

How is this thing done? is there some Workflow being executed automatically at the desired Date of ScheduledPublish ? Will be grateful if more details can be provided on implementation here. I have checked the Orchard.PublishLater inbuilt module but couldn't make much sense.

Answer 1

There's a module that does exactly that in Orchard Gallery https://gallery.orchardproject.net/List/Modules/Orchard.Module.Orchard.ArchiveLater

If you'd like it to use your own fields, you'll have to modify it.