create a community of novell writters

andreshd · 2006-02-12 15:03:49

Hi, I’ve just installed Textpattern because I want to build a website for a community of multiple writters.
Each writer may publish stories into different categories or sections, but I want that in the front page only appear a list of stories selected only by an admin user.
And the other thing I need is a page for each author where they can write about themselves an appear a list of all their stories…

May I do that?

Thanks a lot!

Elenita · 2006-02-12 15:49:42

Doing this out of order, but:

<blockquote>And the other thing I need is a page for each author where they can write about themselves an appear a list of all their stories…</blockquote>

This can be done with Textpattern out of the box. The <a href=“http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=11426”>bos_author</a> plugin might also be of interest.

<blockquote>Each writer may publish stories into different categories or sections, but I want that in the front page only appear a list of stories selected only by an admin user.</blockquote>

This is harder. There’s some discussion going on about this is the feature request forum (or there was), but no real way to restrict authors to certain section. And while there are some ways around this, there’s no built-in way to cherry pick which articles go on the front page; you’ll probably have to do some fancy conditional work with custom fields to make this work. Unless there’s a plugin capable of doing this, which is always possible…

Hope this helps, and welcome to Textpattern!

andreshd · 2006-02-12 16:34:06

Thanks for your help, I’m studing the bos_author, but about the solution for the front page condition… If I insert a new field in the entry form, may I do a form for the writers and another one for an administrator?
If I do, then that’s a possible solution…

Thanks again!

Zanza · 2006-02-12 17:18:33

Hello Andreshd.

I don’t know if I understand your needs, but you could use a custom field to indicate if the story is actually being promoted in home page. The admin could fill that field with the appropriate keyword in the custom field when selecting the stories, and you could use chh_article_custom plugin to list the articles in home pages filtering them. The plugin can help you display only articles (form every section/category) that have that value in custom field sorted by date or other criteria.

Maybe that can help.

Bye.

Z-

andreshd · 2006-02-12 17:22:13

Yes, I think this could be a solution… I only need to know if I can make that custom field visible only for the administrator and hidden for the others authors… because, else, each author could decide if the article goes or not in the fron page…

Thanks

Zanza · 2006-02-12 17:47:24

> andreshd wrote:

> Yes, I think this could be a solution… I only need to know if I can make that custom field visible only for the administrator and hidden for the others authors… because, else, each author could decide if the article goes or not in the fron page…

You can’t.
But by default custom fields should be off. And you can omit to explain authors what word and what custom field you use. They even don’t need to know that there is such an option. I think that a good community won’t try to hack the admin decision. A rule should be enough.

Bye

Z-

andreshd · 2006-02-12 17:58:50

Ahhhh that’s a dirty but very effective solution!!
but… that “magic word” will be hidden in the URL’s?
I hope this solution works, because I’m trying to decide wich CMS use: Texpattern or Drupal. I preffer Texpattern because is more clean and designed, but I hace some needed that must be covered.
Thanks a lot!

Zanza · 2006-02-12 18:24:23

> andreshd wrote:

> Ahhhh that’s a dirty but very effective solution!!
but… that “magic word” will be hidden in the URL’s?

Mmm… Good point. I don’t really remember, I don’t use that solution right now.

> I hope this solution works, because I’m trying to decide wich CMS use: Texpattern or Drupal. I preffer Texpattern because is more clean and designed, but I hace some needed that must be covered.

I prefer TXP over Drupal too. Drupal is powerful but really heavy on interaction flow and interface. I hope you can find your solution. I think that a mix of plugins and original txp flavour can do the trick.

Bye

Z-

andreshd · 2006-02-12 18:57:51

Ups! I’ve found a bigger problem! Any user can edit any article, even the other author’s… Is that right? I mean… Am I doing something wrong?
I’m very worried about it, because I think if that, won’t have a solution!!

Thanks!

Elenita · 2006-02-12 19:22:38

<blockquote>but… that “magic word” will be hidden in the URL’s?</blockquote>

If you use any of the ten custom fields “hidden” in Textpattern’s advanced entry options, they should not be shown in the URL at all.

<blockquote>I’ve found a bigger problem! Any user can edit any article, even the other author’s… Is that right? I mean… Am I doing something wrong?</blockquote>

That is only true if you give each author full privileges. Make sure when you create accounts that you give each user the appropriate level of access.

andreshd · 2006-02-12 19:52:35

The custom fields may be a solution, I’m working on it… but the new problem about user access… mmmm… I’ve changed the level of access, and he still see the full list of articles, and any user may access to any article. It’s true that he can’t save the changes, but, I don’t like this situation. I want that each user can only see his own list of articles, otherwise I think will be confusing for them see a complete list of articles, where maybe, most of them are not his own…
May I “filter” the list of documents for each user in the control panel?

Thanks for the answers! this forum rules!!

Elenita · 2006-02-13 01:11:02

<blockquote>I want that each user can only see his own list of articles, otherwise I think will be confusing for them see a complete list of articles, where maybe, most of them are not his own…</blockquote>

Unfortunately, I don’t think this is possible; editing articles is one thing, but seeing them is quite another. And, honestly, I don’t think this is a situation unique to Textpattern — I think I saw other people’s articles when I worked with Movable Type, for example — so if this a deal-breaker for you, I can’t offer any recommendations. Sorry.

Perhaps someone else will have something else to offer?

Last edited by Elenita (2006-02-13 01:11:32)

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create a community of novell writters

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