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1. pehrlich
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi

   I am preparing to build a new website for a project I'm part of on Sourceforge. Key functionality will be a way for any user to submit articles, tutorials, and code samples on distinct sections of the site, and ratings and comments for submitted material. SourceForge makes it very easy to use WordPress, so I've been looking to see if this is possible. I feel like I've seen WP sites with this kind of functionality, but despite my best efforts, there are no docs and such that go in to that functionality. Is this something WP would do well? If not, what other web technologies should I be looking in to?

   Thanks!!

2. Felix J
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Well just normal users can not post articles. You will have to give the users you want to be able to write articles (posts) etc... specific roles.

   Information about the roles can be found here:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

3. pehrlich
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   But can I have multiple articles sections, give users the ability to upload photos, upload code, and other customizations like that?

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   all of that can be done, and that there arent docs doesnt mean differently.

5. pehrlich
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   So would I be looking in to plugin development - to make my own plugins that do what I want?

6. Felix J
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sorry I dont understand what you mean.

   Can you describe what you mean with this "multiple articles sections" and.."ability to upload photos"?

7. pehrlich
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Well for example there would be a section called "Articles" which anyone could publish to, the same goes for "Tutorials" and another section called "Code", which would have ratings.

   This is software for lego robotics, so there would be a "Models section", where people can post about what they've built. Their posts would include text and pictures, as well as comments and links to the code section.

   I'm not afraid to some work coding to get this functionality, but I want to make that I won't get halfway through only to find that there's some insurmountable barrier, or that I could have had a much easier time with Drupal or just RoR, etcetc..

8. Felix J
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sections like categories?

   Well then all you need to do is give the users you feel is trustworthy for example "Author" roles.

   When it comes to post ratings I can really recommend this plugin...

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/

   If you want visitors (normal users) to be able to make posts then I guess you will have to make some coding since I havent found a plugin for this.

   EDITED

   Ohh I actually found a plugin that might will fit your need

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/

9. pehrlich
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Aha! These look promising, I'll take a look. It looks like it is possible to embed the TDO form in a page other than the main page, which is good.

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