Allow user to add category

  • jacob_boetter

    (@jacob_boetter)


    19 years ago

    Hi there

    I am trying to set up a WordPress blog to be used at a Risk Management project. Here we would like all users to be able to “tag” an entry high risk. What I am thinking would be the easiest thing to do: Add a link in the template that says “This is high risk” and when clicked it adds the category “High-risk” to the entry. When clicked again it removes it.

    Is this possible? Is it complicated? I know some PHP and would be able to do it if you just tell me to. Maybe there’s a plugin I can get inspired by? I tried looking at some of the ratings plugin but they didn’t seem to be doing right what I wanted.

    Hoping for a fast reply ??

    -Jacob

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  • moshu

    (@moshu)

    Ratings or category?
    You are talking about both in the same time, so it’s confusing…

    Thread Starter jacob_boetter

    (@jacob_boetter)

    I tried looking at the ratings plugins to see how users can add data to an entry. It doesn’t have to be a category, just some sort of data that makes it possible to list all high risk entries.

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    Some further question about the set-up.
    What is the default level of the “users”? Can they publish or just submit a draft?

    There is a Limit Categories plugin, that lets you define in which categories can a user write/submit.

    With that plugin you can define a “default” for the Contributors, and give them the possibility, to add the highrisk category, too.
    But again, all this depends on your settings…

    Thread Starter jacob_boetter

    (@jacob_boetter)

    The users could be on a level where they can publish or submit drafts. But what I want them to do is primarily read the blog (in the normal interface, not the admin interface) and be able to push a button there to make an entry high risk.

    Maybe it sounds complicated, but it’s actually very simple and I don’t have that many requirements – the project is pretty new.

    Thanks a lot for your help so far, I appreciate it!

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    OK, that’s not a “user” – it’s a visitor/reader.
    Or only registered users will have this capability?

    Thread Starter jacob_boetter

    (@jacob_boetter)

    Only registered users will be able to enter the blog, using a plugin I don’t recall the name of.

    Thread Starter jacob_boetter

    (@jacob_boetter)

    I think that the fact my users/visitors/readers are all registered would make it easier to make this, maybe I’m wrong?

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