rideforver
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Posted 5 years ago #
Hi everyone,
I'd like to install a Question & Answer script on my site whereby all new questions get emailed to me directly and then I can email the answers straight back to the blog.
This makes moderation easy. Unfortunately with the ask-me plugin (the best alternative) admin has to login to the site to approve questions asked rather than approving the questions that you email a reply back to. Simple!
Perhaps an alternative would be to use a separate forum that would allow this functionality. I am on an email only blog in China's outback, so this functionality is a necessity.
What are your thoughts on the plugin or perhaps any alternatives?
RF
I just downloaded ask-me and will look at it. Have you posed your question to its author? There is a WP option to blog by email.
A forum would be an alternative with a question being set up as a discussion item but then you would have to register to comment on that item.
By the way, my nephew is teaching in Xiamen.
rideforver
Member
Posted 5 years ago #
If it helps you jwurster, there's a more modern version of the ask-me plugin here. It includes name, email and web url of asker instead of just the question as in the link above.
See. http://www.angis-blog.de/2007/02/18/ask-me-plugin-fuer-wordpress-21/
You'll also need the EXEC_PHP plugin here.
There is no way of automatically having the functionality automatically and i'm looking at alternatives now. Any suggestions anyone???
rideforver
Member
Posted 5 years ago #
Would it possible to rework the script I wonder... [musing]
have a look at this too
http://knowledgeconstructs.com/wordpress-plugins/faq-tastic/
i believe it does the email questions etc
When you ponder re-working someone's script, I would ask the author first about what you want to do, to see if it is feasible.
rideforver
Member
Posted 5 years ago #
Yeah, the FAQ-tastic plugin is great but it doesn't have a feature to send notification to the site owner that an question has been asked. It does however send an email to the asker when the question has been answered.
If a mail can be sent to the asker then logically it will be easy to send to the site-owner. I've left messages on both Ange's, Sarahs (ilovecode) and the knowledge construct sites and hope this can be worked out. I'll also have a go anyway.
RF
rideforver
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Posted 5 years ago #
Nice to hear that your nephew is teaching in Xiamen. Hows he finding it?
@rideforever: This is his second year there and he really likes it a lot. I don't know what his plans are after this year. His Mom just spent 3 weeks visiting him and had a great time. I hope to help her put together a photo journal of her trip.
rideforver
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Posted 5 years ago #
Good stuff. Xiamen is meant to be nice, though I haven't made it there yet myself
