Without plugins WordPress can do that. Just add users as Authors and let them post and comment away.
Try it. Use the WordPress Default Theme, turn commenting on, and post away.
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spy789
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thank you for the response. Last question. Do I have to approve users in order to make them authors? What I want to do is, allow any user to come to my page without registering, to be able to make a post or comment. like secrettalk.com
thank you in advance Michael.
If set in Administration > Settings > General visitors can register on your blog and once registered they can write posts.
Visitors do NOT have to be registered to leave comment on articles as long as Allow people to post comments on the article is set in Administration > Settings > Discussion. Please note each post has a setting to allow/disallow comments.
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spy789
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Very good thank you. Is there a way to have the quick publish option on the front page?
That way people who are new to wordpress dont have to click their username to make a post, they can simply make a post at the front page.
You’ll want to look at something like the the TDO Mini-Form plugin for that.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/
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spy789
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Michael I love you with all your help. Another simple question, how do I turn off the <Required> fields when people want to publish or post on my site? I don’t want them to be required to write down their email and website.. just their name. Thank you
Another simple question, how do I turn off the <Required> fields when people want to publish or post on my site? I don’t want them to be required to write down their email and website.. just their name.
If you’re talking about tdo-mini-forms… you need to go into Form Widgets and then click on the “Who Am I” configuration icon. From there you can set if name, web or email is required or visible.
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spy789
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I click save changes and I get all this.
Warning: Form configuration has been changed that affect the preview output but Form Hacker has not been updated! Diff » | Hack Form » | Dismiss
Warning: Form configuration has been changed that affect the generated form but Form Hacker has not been updated! Diff » | Hack Form » | Dismiss
Error: Default author can publish posts. Default author should not be able to publish posts! Create a dummy user for default author automatically »
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spy789
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thedeadone, can you please give me some support? Is there a way I can remove the requirements thru the hack form manually?
Em… For a start, you’re default user must be corrected. You can’t use a user for the dummy user who can publish posts. It breaks moderation.
Second, no you can’t do it via the Form Hacker. The Form Hacker allows you to modify the form output code, but once you use it, it freezes code and you must manually update it if you make any changes to configuration or widgets. The feature is incredible powerful but you have to use it carefully.
My advice is to reset the form hacker, go into the widgets and configure the Who Am I widget to disable the required fields. If you don’t how to “configure the widgets”, there is a little icon on the widget and if you double click it, it’ll bring up a configuration panel for that widget.
