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1. americanknight
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm creating a Wiki-like site, where I want to give anyone the ability to click on an "edit this entry" link for a post. For registered and logged-in users, they're immediately be taken to the admin editing page for that post. This is working fine. But what I don't know how to do is this: For non-registered or non-logged in users, the "edit this entry" link should take them to the login/register page, and then to the editing page for that post. The problem is that the "edit this entry" link disappears for non-logged-in users. Is there a way that I can make this link always present? For me it defeats the purpose if a user has to first login and then find the post that they'd like to edit.

2. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You could edit the theme. If logged in, show the edit link, if not, an 'edit' link to uour signup page.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_user_logged_in

3. americanknight
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That's almost what I need, except that for non-logged-in users, I need the link to first take them to the login page and then directly to the edit page for the post they were viewing, as opposed to the dashboard. And I need this link to automatically work on any post, as opposed to having to hard code it on each post with individualized post numbers. Is there a way to do this?

4. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hmm. You can redirect the login link ( poke around the codex, it's in there), but I don't know that it'll work for people registering...

   It WILL work on all posts, though. I do it to keep people off the dashboard part of my site. Integrated login on every page.

5. americanknight
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for the pointer. I was able to find this:

   <a href="<?php echo wp_login_url( get_permalink() ); ?>" title="Login">Login</a>

   ... which is almost what I want. If I could just figure out how to redirect to the edit page for the particular post, I'll be set.

6. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yeah, I know how to do it in a FORM (that is, in-line login, keeps you on that page).

   http://www.strangework.com/2010/03/26/how-to-redirect-a-user-after-logging-into-wordpress/

   But you have to be able to pass through the current page.

7. americanknight
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I figured it out. Here's my code:
   

   <a href="http://partybaron.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=<?php the_ID(); ?>&action=edit">Edit</a>

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