diff --git a/examples/demo/site/scripts/node.sql b/examples/demo/site/scripts/node.sql
index 330882e..d30a854 100644
--- a/examples/demo/site/scripts/node.sql
+++ b/examples/demo/site/scripts/node.sql
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "nodes"(
   "publish" DATETIME,
   "created" DATETIME NOT NULL,
   "changed" DATETIME NOT NULL,
-  "deleted_at" DATETIME NULL
+  "status"  INTEGER
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE page_nodes(
diff --git a/modules/node/content/cms_node.e b/modules/node/content/cms_node.e
index fcff4cc..6be1f50 100644
--- a/modules/node/content/cms_node.e
+++ b/modules/node/content/cms_node.e
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ feature{NONE} -- Initialization
 			set_creation_date (l_time)
 			set_modification_date (l_time)
 			set_publication_date (l_time)
+			mark_not_published
 
 			debug ("refactor_fixme")
 				fixme ("Remove default harcoded format")
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ feature -- Conversion
 						a_node.summary,
 						a_node.format
 					)
+			set_status (a_node.status)
 		end
 
 feature -- Access
@@ -78,6 +80,10 @@ feature -- Access
 		deferred
 		end
 
+	status: INTEGER
+			-- Associated status for the current node
+			-- [{1,Not_Published}, {2, Published}, {3, Trash}]	
+
 feature -- Access		
 
 	title: READABLE_STRING_32
@@ -211,6 +217,41 @@ feature -- Element change
 			auther_set: author = u
 		end
 
+	mark_not_published
+			-- Set status to not_published
+		do
+			set_status ({CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.not_published)
+		ensure
+			status_not_published: status = {CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.not_published
+		end
+
+	mark_published
+			-- Set status to published
+		do
+			set_status ({CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.published)
+		ensure
+			status_published: status = {CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.published
+		end
+
+	mark_trash
+			-- Set status to published
+		do
+			set_status ({CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.trash)
+		ensure
+			status_trash: status = {CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.trash
+		end
+
+
+feature {NONE} -- Implementation
+
+	set_status (a_status: like status)
+			-- Assign `status' with `a_status'
+		do
+			status := a_status
+		ensure
+			status_set:  status = a_status
+		end
+
 note
 	copyright: "2011-2015, Javier Velilla, Jocelyn Fiat, Eiffel Software and others"
 	license: "Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
diff --git a/modules/node/content/cms_node_constants.e b/modules/node/content/cms_node_constants.e
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f2ba69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/node/content/cms_node_constants.e
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+note
+	description: "Node Status Not-Published, Published and Trash"
+	date: "$Date$"
+	revision: "$Revision$"
+
+class
+	CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS
+
+Feature
+
+	Not_published: INTEGER = 1
+
+	Published: INTEGER = 2
+
+	Trash: INTEGER = 3
+
+end
diff --git a/modules/node/persistence/cms_node_storage_sql.e b/modules/node/persistence/cms_node_storage_sql.e
index 6f3d549..fb2d114 100644
--- a/modules/node/persistence/cms_node_storage_sql.e
+++ b/modules/node/persistence/cms_node_storage_sql.e
@@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ feature -- Change: Node
 
 			error_handler.reset
 			create l_parameters.make (1)
+			l_parameters.put (l_time, "changed")
+			l_parameters.put ({CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.trash, "status")
 			l_parameters.put (a_id, "nid")
-			l_parameters.put (l_time, "deleted_at")
 			sql_change (sql_delete_node, l_parameters)
 		end
 
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Implementation
 			error_handler.reset
 
 			write_information_log (generator + ".store_node")
-			create l_parameters.make (8)
+			create l_parameters.make (9)
 			l_parameters.put (a_node.content_type, "type")
 			l_parameters.put (a_node.title, "title")
 			l_parameters.put (a_node.summary, "summary")
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Implementation
 			l_parameters.put (a_node.format, "format")
 			l_parameters.put (a_node.publication_date, "publish")
 			l_parameters.put (now, "changed")
+			l_parameters.put (a_node.status, "status")
 			if attached a_node.author as l_author then
 				check valid_author: l_author.has_id end
 				l_parameters.put (l_author.id, "author")
@@ -263,24 +265,26 @@ feature -- Helpers
 
 feature {NONE} -- Queries
 
-	sql_select_nodes_count: STRING = "SELECT count(*) from Nodes where deleted_at IS NULL;"
+	sql_select_nodes_count: STRING = "SELECT count(*) FROM Nodes WHERE status != 3;"
+			-- Nodes count (Published and not Published)
+			-- TODO: add queries to retrieve published_nodes_count, no_published_nodes_count. etc
 
-	sql_select_nodes: STRING = "SELECT * from Nodes where deleted_at IS NULL;"
+	sql_select_nodes: STRING = "SELECT * FROM Nodes WHERE status != 3;"
 			-- SQL Query to retrieve all nodes.
 
-	sql_select_node_by_id: STRING = "SELECT nid, revision, type, title, summary, content, format, author, publish, created, changed FROM Nodes WHERE nid =:nid ORDER BY revision desc, publish desc LIMIT 1;"
+	sql_select_node_by_id: STRING = "SELECT nid, revision, type, title, summary, content, format, author, publish, created, changed, status FROM Nodes WHERE nid =:nid ORDER BY revision desc, publish desc LIMIT 1;"
 
-	sql_select_recent_nodes: STRING = "SELECT nid, revision, type, title, summary, content, format, author, publish, created, changed FROM Nodes ORDER BY nid desc, publish desc LIMIT :rows OFFSET :offset ;"
+	sql_select_recent_nodes: STRING = "SELECT nid, revision, type, title, summary, content, format, author, publish, created, changed, status FROM Nodes ORDER BY nid desc, publish desc LIMIT :rows OFFSET :offset ;"
 
-	sql_insert_node: STRING = "INSERT INTO nodes (revision, type, title, summary, content, format, publish, created, changed, author) VALUES (1, :type, :title, :summary, :content, :format, :publish, :created, :changed, :author);"
+	sql_insert_node: STRING = "INSERT INTO nodes (revision, type, title, summary, content, format, publish, created, changed, status, author) VALUES (1, :type, :title, :summary, :content, :format, :publish, :created, :changed, :status, :author);"
 			-- SQL Insert to add a new node.
 
-	sql_update_node : STRING = "UPDATE nodes SET revision = revision, type=:type, title=:title, summary=:summary, content=:content, format=:format, publish=:publish, changed=:changed, author=:author WHERE nid=:nid;"
+	sql_update_node : STRING = "UPDATE nodes SET revision = revision, type=:type, title=:title, summary=:summary, content=:content, format=:format, publish=:publish, changed=:changed, status=:status, author=:author WHERE nid=:nid;"
 -- FIXME: for now no revision inc.!
 --	sql_update_node : STRING = "UPDATE nodes SET revision = revision + 1, type=:type, title=:title, summary=:summary, content=:content, format=:format, publish=:publish, changed=:changed, revision = revision + 1, author=:author WHERE nid=:nid;"
 			-- SQL node.
 
-	sql_delete_node: STRING = "UPDATE nodes SET deleted_at = :deleted_at WHERE nid=:nid"
+	sql_delete_node: STRING = "UPDATE nodes SET changed=:changed, status =:status WHERE nid=:nid"
 			-- Soft deletion with free metadata.
 
 --	sql_update_node_author: STRING  = "UPDATE nodes SET author=:author WHERE nid=:nid;"
@@ -339,6 +343,16 @@ feature {NONE} -- Implementation
 				if attached sql_read_date_time (11) as l_modif_date then
 					Result.set_modification_date (l_modif_date)
 				end
+				if attached sql_read_integer_32 (12) as l_status then
+					inspect l_status
+					when {CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.not_published then
+						Result.mark_not_published
+					when {CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.published then
+						Result.mark_published
+					when {CMS_NODE_CONSTANTS}.trash then
+						Result.mark_trash
+					end
+				end
 			end
 		end
 
diff --git a/src/service/user/cms_user_api.e b/src/service/user/cms_user_api.e
index 5498b35..5f374df 100644
--- a/src/service/user/cms_user_api.e
+++ b/src/service/user/cms_user_api.e
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ feature -- Status report
 				if is_admin_user (a_user) then
 					Result := True
 				else
-					fixme ("Check how to handle this predefined role")
-						-- Result := user_role_has_permission (authenticated_user_role, a_permission)
+					Result := user_role_has_permission (authenticated_user_role, a_permission)
 					if not Result then
 						Result := across user_roles (a_user) as ic some user_role_has_permission (ic.item, a_permission) end
 					end