WordPress Back End Confusing for users

  • Resolved mikemoss

    (@mikemoss)


    14 years, 6 months ago

    I have my WordPress install up and running and I really do like it. The only thing though, is I have have added a few members, and they are getting confused by the back end.

    Is there anyway I could make the back end more user friendly? At the moment I have members going into the back end admin panel, and this is to get to the user control panel..

    Is there anyway a member could add comments, and update their profile page without messing about in the admin back end?

    Users messing about in the back end seems very silly to me! They should be kept at the front end, while only Admins should be mucking about under the bonnet!!!!

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Adding comments is all done from the front end anyway. Just go to the post they want to comment on and woo!

    If all they need to do is edit their profile, I would use this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-hide-dashboard/ (I’ve used it, it’s great)

    Also maybe this: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/frontend-edit-profile/

    Thread Starter mikemoss

    (@mikemoss)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for the reply, I am testing hide dashboard plugin now. Seems like a step in the right direction. I am just going to try and tweak it a little. I want a more prominent home link on the page, as some of my blog readers are very dozy.

    All of us users know to click the site name, in top left hand corner. But some users wont have a clue where to click next, when they see the profile page lol

    Cheers working on it

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Try putting this in your functions.php:

    //hook onto dashboard and redirect all non admin to front site

add_action("admin_init","mikemoss_redirect_nonadmin"); 

function mikemoss_redirect_nonadmin() {
  if (!current_user_can('activate_plugins')) {
      header( 'Location: http://example.com/' ) ;
  }
}
    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Change the & #039; bit to a ‘ (i.e. apostrophe)

    Thread Starter mikemoss

    (@mikemoss)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    I have tried what you suggested, and it looks like everything work just great now. You are a genius, looking good..Thanks a lot

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    14 years, 6 months ago

    I have weird code snippets saved all over 😉 No prob.

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