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make it easier to post complex things?
i’m wondering if anyone has ever been in a situation where they’ve made a system that’s a bit hard to figure out. for example, for my podcast i have a mini-checklist of things that need to be done in order push out an episode. some categories have to be checked, url has to go in a specific field and more.
on my own i’m ok doing this, but i wouldn’t have faith in anyone else being able to do this easily. is there a way to build some sort of “macro” so that when people log in it could say “i want to…. “ and then if they click podcast, it would compile all the steps behind the scenes?
Last edited by mrtunes (2009-04-13 18:58:33)
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Re: make it easier to post complex things?
adi_notes might be of help as it provides a back end textfield where you can post all instructions
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It would be nice if you could create article templates with prepopulated data.
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Re: make it easier to post complex things?
One option might be to use mem_moderation and mem_moderation_article, perhaps also mem_moderation_file seeing as you have a file(not tried this last one though), to create a custom submit form with just the relevant information that your contributors need to fill out. You present this on the front end (you can also place the form in a password protected area if you wish). This gets submitted to a moderation queue where you as master-admin can review that it is correct before publishing it online.
It would be nice if you could create article templates with prepopulated data.
Yes, you can also pre-fill fields that will be standard such as the section with a hidden form item. If you want to go one step further and you’re not averse to writing a small extra function yourself, one can add extra functions to check if field submissions are okay or correct them, for example to strip/add http:// from your link where given (I made one to validate dates).
mem_moderation is described here and further posts here. Manfre’s most recent version of the plugin uses Manfre’s mem_form plugin which is very similar to zem_contact_reborn. You can find that on his public svn.
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Re: make it easier to post complex things?
belated thanks to jakob for that post. i’m wondering if i read correctly that 4.2.0 has some sort of article presets like what i was asking in this thread?
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