Mango123
Member
Posted 5 months ago #
Hi there
I am an ASP programmer thinking about moving to open source solutions. I have a project to build a new website for volunteering abroad with various features and was wondering if Wordpress would be a good tool to use. The features I need to cover include:
- Content management of pages
- Ability to upload online documents
- A space where volunteers can be become a member and then add their own stories (blogs)
- Members only area
- Facility to display and manage paid and unpaid opportunities abroad
Any advice gratefully received
Ben
mattyza
Member
Posted 5 months ago #
Hi Mango123.
Wordpress would be a great choice for this. Let me run through each point as listed in your post.
Content management of pages - This is built in natively into Wordpress.
Ability to upload online documents - Also built in natively into Wordpress.
Member signup with ability to write blogs - User registration is built into Wordpress. You can also specify the default role a user is assigned when registered. By default, this is a "subscriber" role, who is unable to write posts. You could create a custom registration form (the Wordpress Codex has a great reference for user registration functions) and then use the default registration form for the members only area.
Display paid and unpaid opportunities abroad - This could be done using a page in your Wordpress website or using custom fields to display specific fields within particular pages. The Wordpress Codex has a great explanation of custom fields and how to integrate them into your theme.
I hope this helps. Enjoy working with Wordpress. :)
