I am getting familar with the mange user and manage groups options.
I have the registration plugin applied.
When a new user appears in the manage users area, it is set to STANDARD EDITOR, and the option to PUBLISH is default at YES.
I want to change the default to NO.
I go into manage groups to make a default for STANDARD EDITOR, and no matter what I seem to do, when a new user appears, they still have the PUBLISH YES option checked. My trouble may be the so differing nomenclature of the two areas.
I want to stop everyone from PUBLISH until I approve.
And the way it is now, I have to go in to each user and change it manually. If the blog takes off, that will not only be a time consuming chore, but create a period of time where evil jerks can put all sorts of horrible things on the blog. While Im sleeping... Which I do a lot of...
Manage Groups problem
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garvinhicking
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Re: Manage Groups problem
Hi!
You must configure the "User Self-Registration" Plugin and there you can indicate if a new use has the "Rights: Publish Entries" option.
HTH,
Garvin
You must configure the "User Self-Registration" Plugin and there you can indicate if a new use has the "Rights: Publish Entries" option.
HTH,
Garvin
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I did that... But I think its probably where my problem is. There are three screens for this. Manage Users, Manage Groups, Registration plugin, and they all overlap and my brain starts swelling up.
That damn WHERE of things!
I will take a nap until the swelling goes down and get to it later.
I think this is were we were yesterday defining DRAFT and PUBLISH.
And you know, since you explained that yesterday, and I applied it, I havent had a new user to see what happens!
Next step is finding out what the hell TRACKBACKS and RSS FEEDS are.
I havent a clue.
I guess my conception of this is different than most. I just want this to act as a way for my website users to interact with me and each other. Not to join some vast blog-wing conspiracy!
Speaking of which, somewhere I saw this option of EMBED BLOG INTO PAGE... What is that?
When I first decided I wanted to use a blog I thought I could just put it into the center table of my website... This EMBED thing doest have anything to do with that does it?
That damn WHERE of things!
I will take a nap until the swelling goes down and get to it later.
I think this is were we were yesterday defining DRAFT and PUBLISH.
And you know, since you explained that yesterday, and I applied it, I havent had a new user to see what happens!
Next step is finding out what the hell TRACKBACKS and RSS FEEDS are.
I havent a clue.
I guess my conception of this is different than most. I just want this to act as a way for my website users to interact with me and each other. Not to join some vast blog-wing conspiracy!
Speaking of which, somewhere I saw this option of EMBED BLOG INTO PAGE... What is that?
When I first decided I wanted to use a blog I thought I could just put it into the center table of my website... This EMBED thing doest have anything to do with that does it?
Trackbacks are a courtesy from one blogger to another. If you link to someone else's article, you send him a trackback to let him know. He does the same courtesy for you. And the blogs are usually set up to let readers know that someone (hopefully lots of someones) have linked to your article.
RSS feeds are a way to turn your blog into a magazine (kinda). Instead of visiting your blog directly, a user might use an RSS reader to subscribe to your blog -- specifically, to your RSS feed. Then the RSS reader will notify him whenever a new article is posted. He'll get to see the headline and the entry body, and he'll have a link to visit your blog directly if he wants to see more.
The comments section of each article allows you to interact with your users. You don't need to give them author status or anything. And so far as I know, there's no conspiracy... did someone forget to send me the memo? :lol:
The "user rights" are, in fact, handled in two places: Manage Users and Manage Groups. You can apply specific rights for an entire group of users in "Manage Groups". You can move users into groups with "Manage Users", but you can also modify attributes to treat that particular user as trusted or evil. One of the attributes is the "Rights: Publishing Entries". If you put this at "No", the user can only create Drafts, which you'll have to moderate. The "Forbid Creating Entries" attribute has a role here, too: if it's "Yes", the user can't even create a Draft.
Rather than modifying this value for each user individually, you can automatically assign the value when the user is created. Since the "User Self Registration" plugin is doing the creation, you can tell it what the new user's attributes should be.
If you can skip embedding, please skip it. It's supposed to be used to integrate Serendipity with an existing page. Basically it makes s9y not output <HEAD>, <BODY>, and <HTML> tags. But to get it configured properly is a pain. It's really a lot easier to change your template, and maybe add some static pages from your old site with the Static Pages plugin.
We try to supply Serendipity as a lean, fast, secure blog, with the features that the majority of bloggers will need. But when you need more, we want plugins to be available to help you out. Of course, when you get into the complicated stuff (making your own plugins, modifying appearances, special requirements), we've got the forum to help you out.
Keep the questions coming!
RSS feeds are a way to turn your blog into a magazine (kinda). Instead of visiting your blog directly, a user might use an RSS reader to subscribe to your blog -- specifically, to your RSS feed. Then the RSS reader will notify him whenever a new article is posted. He'll get to see the headline and the entry body, and he'll have a link to visit your blog directly if he wants to see more.
The comments section of each article allows you to interact with your users. You don't need to give them author status or anything. And so far as I know, there's no conspiracy... did someone forget to send me the memo? :lol:
The "user rights" are, in fact, handled in two places: Manage Users and Manage Groups. You can apply specific rights for an entire group of users in "Manage Groups". You can move users into groups with "Manage Users", but you can also modify attributes to treat that particular user as trusted or evil. One of the attributes is the "Rights: Publishing Entries". If you put this at "No", the user can only create Drafts, which you'll have to moderate. The "Forbid Creating Entries" attribute has a role here, too: if it's "Yes", the user can't even create a Draft.
Rather than modifying this value for each user individually, you can automatically assign the value when the user is created. Since the "User Self Registration" plugin is doing the creation, you can tell it what the new user's attributes should be.
If you can skip embedding, please skip it. It's supposed to be used to integrate Serendipity with an existing page. Basically it makes s9y not output <HEAD>, <BODY>, and <HTML> tags. But to get it configured properly is a pain. It's really a lot easier to change your template, and maybe add some static pages from your old site with the Static Pages plugin.
We try to supply Serendipity as a lean, fast, secure blog, with the features that the majority of bloggers will need. But when you need more, we want plugins to be available to help you out. Of course, when you get into the complicated stuff (making your own plugins, modifying appearances, special requirements), we've got the forum to help you out.
Keep the questions coming!