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Trond Hjelmaas	Saturday 14 May 2005 9:33:18 am Hi all, I would like to have a "less advanced" forum than what comes with ez. The idea is to have a forum where a user can post a message without logging in. A message consists of title, body and email address. Before the message is actually displayed on the webpage an email is sent out to the email address entered in the message. This email has a link that needs to be clicked before the message is shown (this limits junk messages). <b>I am currently looking for a way to delay posting of a message/article(?) until the user clicks the link in the email.</b> Suggestions are very welcome! Thanks in advance :)
kracker (the)	Saturday 14 May 2005 9:49:25 am Hello, Now, I could be a be misunderstanding your situation / request. Yet it seems like your looking for (at least in part) to create 'a forum message / topic approval workflow'. Which could delay the publishing (<i>display</i>) of a forum message / topic until the site administrator approves the message and it's contents. Reading a little deeper into your message it seems as though you might really be looking for a workflow which allows the user who posted the message to approve their own message via email. This may take a bit more custom workflow programing, but is an interesting idea. Your desire to avoid requiring users to register might also be another additional dependency which would require an amount of custom workflow programing. Regards, //kracker Gorillaz : Tomorrow Comes Today \|&\| 19-2000 Member since: 2001.07.13 \|\| http://ezpedia.se7enx.com/
Trond Hjelmaas	Saturday 14 May 2005 10:45:59 am Thanks for the input kracker :) You are correct regarding the part where the user him/herself "approve" their own message (they actually confirm/"approve" their own email). I'll look into the workflow part, a good advice. I only have limited experience with ezPublish and it sounds pretty tricky... -so if you (or someone else) have any other ideas, please let me know :) Thanks again!
kracker (the)	Saturday 14 May 2005 10:57:43 am Well, To get you started, first implement an admin approval workflow first to get you more familiar with the process on a high level. References<i> http://www.ez.no/ez_publish/documentation/building_an_ez_publish_site/the_guestbook http://www.ez.no/ez_publish/documentation/building_an_ez_publish_site/the_guestbook/creating_a_workflow http://www.ez.no/ez_publish/documentation/building_an_ez_publish_site/the_guestbook/implementing_an_approval_mechanism http://www.ez.no/community/forum/setup_design/approval_by_others_users_than_administrator_user_a_group_of_user </i> cheers, //kracker Member since: 2001.07.13 \|\| http://ezpedia.se7enx.com/