Joomla Noobie q's

Discussion in 'Joomla' started by scart3r, Feb 18, 2007.

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    Hey guys,

    I am making this site up for my daughter and her friends - http://www.ponyadventures.com

    I want them to be able to get their own user id's and be able to add stories, upload their own drawings and comment on eachother's stories etc. I can't seem to find the bits to make this happen though! I thought it was easy, but it's getting confusing. Every tutorial that I find has about a million other topics to wade through before finding this info and my brain is running out of patience.

    Do I need to install any extra modules that can help me do this? Is there an easy tutorial to follow?

    Thanks,
    Cindy
     
    scart3r, Feb 18, 2007 IP
  2. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    You dont need to install extra modul or component . users will register a normal user. this is normal joomla user management . you must edit their user group . Joomla Admin> Site> User manager>(select a username)>groups>author .
     
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  3. scart3r

    scart3r Notable Member

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    Thank you :)

    Is there a way to make this the default, so that every registered member can post - but that I need to approve the posts before they are shown?
     
    scart3r, Feb 19, 2007 IP
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    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    You can use a component called JACL to allow them to publish but it is currently not working properly in 1.0.12 so if you use Joomla 1.0.11 it will work.

    Or you can hack the code to allow the article to autopublish but from it sounds like Drupal might have what you need out of the box

    But I could see you needed profile eventually so Joomla's community builder would be the key there.
     
    mnymkr, Feb 20, 2007 IP
  5. visit_faraz

    visit_faraz Active Member

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    I know of video tutorials which are easy to follow but dont know if it teaches the things that you talk about(didnt see all the videos till now).

    But you could take a look and find out(click on my signature to take a look).

    While I will try to watch the videos quickly and see if i could help you with these.
     
    visit_faraz, Feb 21, 2007 IP
  6. scart3r

    scart3r Notable Member

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    You have got to be kidding! Thanks for the thought, but your site has basically just been started. You haven't even removed your hello world thing yet?!?

    It's nice that you want to help, but maybe instead of using my problem as a platform for your own website promotion, spend the time getting it up and more ready to show to people...
     
    scart3r, Feb 21, 2007 IP
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    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    if you need any help you can PM me
     
    mnymkr, Feb 27, 2007 IP
  8. Clive

    Clive Web Developer

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    I had a sneak peak at your site and spotted something I'd like to share with you here.
    In your code, you've got this 
    
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.ponyadventures.com/images/favicon.ico" />
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    and this: 
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.ponyadventures.com/templates/greenery/favicon.ico" />
    Code (markup):
    Having it on the same page will generate what I've noticed. The favicon has quicky changed from Joomla! default one to the green favicon of your site. Not a crucial issue, just something you might want to take a look at. Regarding your matter, I would probably use Joomla combined with JoomComment plugin to enable users to post comments on particular items on the site. For uploading images, I would use Coppermine and install a bridge to Joomla. With that put together, your users will be able to upload pictures, and comment on them, submit articles = stories, and comment on them as well. Hope this gives you some idea.
     
    Clive, Feb 27, 2007 IP