The Complete Strapi™ Course with Plugins and Deployment - Lifecycle Hooks Exercise: Part 2 (Challenge Solution)

The video tutorial explains how to create a new Author content type in a content management system. It covers disabling the draft publish system, adding required fields like first name, last name, email, and username, and establishing a 1-to-1 relation with an admin user. The tutorial also discusses configuring post author relations to point to the new Author type, allowing multiple authors per post, and using lifecycle hooks for automatic author assignment. Finally, it highlights syncing authors with admin users and automating processes using lifecycle hooks.

What is the first step in creating a new Author content type?

• Enable the draft publish system

• Add a relation with the admin user

• Create a new post

• Disable the draft publish system

Which field is NOT required when setting up the Author content type?

• Last name

• Phone number

• Email

• First name

What change is made to the post's author relationship?

• It points to a guest user

• It points to the Author content type

• It points to a moderator

• It points to the admin user

How is the first author of a post set automatically?

• Through a random assignment

• By using a manual selection

• By admin approval

• Using lifecycle hooks

What is the purpose of lifecycle hooks in this context?

• To manually add authors

• To automatically create and assign authors

• To delete authors

• To notify users of changes