Allow Users to add articles/photos from front end

[Bluey Zarzoff]

What I would like to do is give certain user groups to add articles and photos from the front end, via a link in the user area that is already on the front page.

As I have numerous groups, a guest or basic member will not have these rights, but ,say a contributor or above (mods, admin, etc) will be able to.

I have looke daround and cannot find a code snippet or droplet to do this.

Is there something already done for this or will I have to set it up from scratch. If from scratch, what would be the php for setting the user permissions on whether the option to add photos, etc is allowed depending on your status.

Thanks.

[quartz]

You should probably ask in the droplets and snippets forum 

[crnogorac081]

Hi,

there is a droplet: Edit this page: http://www.websitebakers.com/pages/droplets/official-library/other/edit-this-page.php

It will make a link in frontend "Edit this page" and when yu click it you will be redirected to same page in backend so you can edit it..

[Bluey Zarzoff]

Thanks for the replies.

Most probably would have been more suited to the different forum. Oh well.

I have found the snippet mentioned.

I will most probably use it as well. It is not quite what I wanted in this instance though.

Looks like I may have to code my own.

Might try to make it into a droplet. May help others as well.

Thanks again.

[crnogorac081]

well, if you want that wysiwyg(or other modules) editor to opened in FRONTEND I belive nobody coded that so far..

[danest]

I believe I have the same problem: I would like the news posts to work like a blog, and that users can add news posts, so that they can start new subjects. I dont want them to get access to the backend, though.
I think this would be a really useful feature in WSB.

[BerndJM]

Sorry danest:

but I think you're on the wrong way.
Websitebaker is  CMS-system.
If you need the functionality of a blog-system, why don't use such a system?

Regards Bernd

[Luckyluke]

Sorry danest:

but I think you're on the wrong way.
Websitebaker is  CMS-system.
If you need the functionality of a blog-system, why don't use such a system?

Regards Bernd

Sorry Bernd,

I do not entirely agree with you.
I think the comment by danest is a good one! Not everybody needs access to the backend!
Yet it would be nice if a user can add, edit or whatelse in the frontend of the newsmodule (or even other modules. Like the calendarmodule, ...).

Grtz,
Luc

[doc]

@Luckluke: Agree. Some users also requested such features for the Post-its module in order to send Postits from the Frontend without the need to login to the backend.

Doc

[Waldschwein]

Hello!

You can use http://www.websitebakers.com/pages/modules/listings/various/download-gallery-2.php the download gallery2 for that - or the MPform module http://wbdemo.heysoft.de/pages/de/mpform.php

Edit: Ok, to start:
You could use the MPform module for it - it's just the issue what happens with the data after submitting.
The data is being stored in the database (of course) in mpform and could be seen in the backend administration.
So the only "missing link" to see the uploaded data / submitted form is how to display the data that is in the database in frontend.
Perhaps some droplet / snippet is working here, that could display this data per section?

Just an idea - but it should work like that.

Yours Michael

[mr-fan]

just a first impression....

uload via MPForm and display in frontend via DIRlist mOd:
http://www.websitebakers.com/pages/modules/listings/section-pages/dirlist.php

should work - didn't test it...

regards martin

[Bluey Zarzoff]

Thanks for the input everyone.

Will look into the MPForm idea.

[Luckyluke]

Hey,

Sorry, but I'm not convinced.
The best solution is still frontend editing for the newsmodule.
Look, someone from our band wants to place an newsitem for a gig in Oberhausen. But they ran into trouble. These men can sing; they can use their guitar to blow the first row of spectators away but writing a news item on the site is Latin for them 
So, a new module with frontend editing would be welcome!

Grtz,
Luc

[danest]

Thank you everyone for comments. I will look at your suggestions if I can get my site up again. I crashed after I tried using amazon bookshop, see threat: http://www.websitebaker2.org/forum/index.php/topic,17104.0.html
Maybe some of you can help there as well?

[danest]

Sorry, started working again

[RonK]

just a first impression....

uload via MPForm and display in frontend via DIRlist mOd:
http://www.websitebakers.com/pages/modules/listings/section-pages/dirlist.php

should work - didn't test it...

regards martin

Hi Mr.Fan and others,

That does work. I use it on a website I am developing. The only drawback is that MPForm adds a prefix at the filename of the files that are uploaded.

It can be changed, but I did not find yet where/what.