You should see if there is any existing plugin that is even slightly close to what you want, it could save you a lot of time. Failing that, if you need this fairly soon, consider hiring someone to set you up. (I am not soliciting work, I do not accept work through this forum. It is also a violation of the rules here).
If you’re interested in significantly improving your coding skills and are willing to put in the time and effort, what you envision is attainable but it will take a while to develop if you are learning as you go. OTOH, a real life project is a great way to learn but only if there’s plenty of time. You can’t work this way under a deadline.
If you want to go this route, I can outline the basic steps and perhaps help you out when you get stuck, but you will really be on your own. Some learn well this way, others don’t.
(@target4515)
10 years, 7 months ago
Okay, I am new to WordPress and it is EXACTLY what I have been looking for. However, I have been beating my head in trying to make this work. I have very limited knowledge of code, etc… but here goes. My clients send my company ‘orders’ (which are service requests). I want my clients to be able to login and view only their orders (which will be the topics) and chat back and forth with me as to the progress of the job (which will be comments). Each client, say 5-10 different clients, will have their own ‘filters’ to show only the ‘orders’ for their company. I also want to add fixed width columns to the title of the original posts. So say the header or topic of the original post should have the data =
(Order number)_____(Customer Name)____(order entry date)___(Order Type)____(Order Status)_____(Client name).
And in the post list view this information would look very clean like it is in a form. When they select one of the orders from the list, it then goes into the comments for that order (or topic). I am struggling getting ANY of this to work! I really need help with this one – I have been working on this for many hours/days and just cannot seem to get it together. I like to try to do thing myself but this is just over my head, I guess… So I humbly turn to your expertise. Thanks for any help you can provide.