TinyPortal

Ok, I have spent days searching, read the manual etc. and have not found an answer to this questions.

How can I allow my members to post articles without going into the admin article section where setting etc. could be changed?

Secondly, if I can get that working, where do the articles go as they move off the page.  Is there some kind of index for them or a way to create an index, or can they be converted to boards, where people can continue to respond to them even if they are not visible on the front page?

I've found post by Sargent but as a newbie that looks complicated to me.

I just want a simple article button or something to take members to "Post articles" for instance and then to be able to find old articles

I did read your posting guide but for my question, none of it would apply.  I am asking about TP flexibility and not a problem necessarily.

I am running SMF 1.4 and latest TP package.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?topic=17893.0

I searched for "member articles" and found the Topic above, plus lots more.  ;)

As for the index question I'm not sure what you are asking, articles are already indexed according to the categories you set up.

Thanks but this does not answer my question and believe me I have searched.  I really try not to ask questions here because people either act like you are stupid, lazy or don't answer at all.

So I will try this one more time.

I want members to write and post articles without going to the Admin section where they can change other administrative functions. 

I also had already enabled all members to submit.  I have been working on this forum for two months now, have lost it and rebuilt it twice so I am not a stranger to it's workings.  That is not to say I couldn't have missed something - I am new, but to imply that answers are all over the internet when you obviously did not read my question is an example of why I hate to post here or on smf..

Why don't you all just try being a little patient and give people the benefit of the doubt sometime.

You certainly weren't as rude as others have been on occassion but I guess this is just the straw that broke the camels back.

Sorry that you're getting frustrated Texas Liberty Lady and I'm sure that you've been working hard at this but as it happens in this case I don't know of an answer for your issue.
AFAIK you can't do it the way you want to in the current version of TinyPortal... it has to be one of the two ways that you've already mentioned.

And on the part about members accessing the admin area...
While it's true that they do access the admin area they can't 'see' anything except for the articles. Now that within itself could be a problem if you have a member who might for whatever reason mess things up a bit, but the rest of the forum admin won't be available to them.

Thanks and so sorry for my dumping on you.  I have just been replied to and seen others replied to as though they didn't have good sense and working as hard as I am not to ask questions except in emergency situations, it just hit me wrong.

Again, I think it was just the "straw"

Thanks for being nice in your response.

You are welcome.  ;)

maybe you could check in the permissions area, Texas Lady. I can't remember if i saw something there or not but it might be worth a look into also  ;)

Texax Liberty Lady, what is your concern with them being able to edit/create articles in the admin area? If you have the permissions set properly there shouldn't be anything to worry about. They should not even see the other administrative functions if they don't have permissions.

Quote from: Texas Liberty Lady on December 11, 2007, 03:37:56 PM
Secondly, if I can get that working, where do the articles go as they move off the page.  Is there some kind of index for them or a way to create an index, or can they be converted to boards, where people can continue to respond to them even if they are not visible on the front page?

Hi TLLady,
 If I understand your question correctly, it can be done several ways. The way in which I "Index" articles after they move off the front page  is to put the articles in appropriately named categories. Then, create a new block inside TP. This will be an "Article Category" block. Choose the category you want for the block. I use it as a center block but I don't think it matters. You can create as many of these blocks as you want with different categories and place them in different places. If you want users to be able to comment on an individual articles just make sure you allow comments and mark the "Show Comments" box in the "edit article" area.

I hope this helps. By the way, You are not alone -I feel your pain when it comes to asking questions here.


 

Thanks to all of you.  My concern is I don't want users to be able to delete article categories I have set up or change the on / off buttons or modify anything that is already written which you can from the article control panel.  I just want users to have a link to write an article, to fill out the information so that it is in the right category, set the intro and then post it. I don't want users to have access to changing any thing in the articles admin area.

I had not thought about the suggestion for creating a block to categorize them in though.  thanks that will be helpful  I'm going to try it tomorrow.

Thanks to all of you!

If you take away the manage articles in Admin > Permissions > Select Member group. Then change in Admin > TinyPortal > Submissions which groups get to submit, They cannot do the things you are suggesting.

Thanks but then I don't have block that shows up so members can click on it and write and post an article.  I don't want to approve them.

Unless I am missing something which I could be.

Thanks again.

You can create a link like the one we have here to your left under Tools.

Unless you can't see it as a member:
http://www.URLREMOVED.com/index.php?action=tpmod;sa=submitarticle



<a href="http://www.URLREMOVED.com/index.php?action=tpmod;sa=submitarticle">Submit an Article!</a>



Actually yes you are missing something. The admin block will only show the links they have permission to see. If you take away the manage article permission the users will only see a "submit article" link in the admin block instead.

IchBin and Capitolpyro

Those two answers solved my problem.  The article delima was thinking I had to give them manage permissions to submit.  When I changed this all of a sudden "sumit article" popped up in the permissions block for guests.

Ya'll have no idea how long I have wrestled with this. 

Thanks so much

Sorry but not resolved after all.  True there is a "submit article" link when you turn off manage article permission and slect let members submit.  But..................it allows them to SUBMIT and I still have to approve which I don't want to do.

So I still need help with this issue.  It's becomming clear that there is no default that I'm missing for this and has to have some workaround.

Any ideas?

Thanks again.

That is not a feature yet. In TP 1.0 this is addressed however to allow users to edit their own. But to approve is an admin responsibility and not a user option.

I posted this last night but obviously it didn't post.  When I change permissions and allow submit by members, they can submit but I still have to approve.  I don't want to have to do that so any more ideas?  Maybe need a mod that's out there although I can't find one.

Thanks.

Oh thanks IchBin,

When I first pulled up this thread my last post and your last reply did not appear until I had posted again.  Disregard last post then and thanks.

Thanks ZTN and all - I'm going to try this link thingy.