How to display Office is currently manned/not manned on website

  • litceo

    (@litceo)


    1 year, 2 months ago

    Hello,

    I am trying to setup a small display on the website which informs other students if the student council office is currently manned or not.

    We have a wallmounted Tablet in “Kiosk mode” from our university where we can access one by us defined website.

    I imagine a solution where the tablet is accessing a website with just one button, to “check in” or “check out” of the office. When the button is pressed a small display or notification on the website lets the other students know if there is someone at the office that they can speak to.

    I know how to to such an integration on a django website but I’m quite new to wordpress and was wondering if there is maybe allready a plugin for somthing like this or if someone can help me to get started.

    Thanks A Lot!

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  • Faisal Ahammad

    (@faisalahammad)

    1 year, 2 months ago

    There is no specific plugin for what you described, but you can use a plugin that provides a custom post type to create a custom post to represent the student council offices’ status. Then, you can use the WordPress REST API to update the post’s status with a single button press. Additionally, you can use a plugin like Advanced Custom Fields to add the custom fields you need to accurately represent the status.

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    1 year, 2 months ago

    There are many ways this can be accomplished. Common to any solution would be a setting somewhere that manages the current status. The setting can be switched on or off as needed by authorized users. A web page can check this setting and display an appropriate message.

    Is this kiosk WordPress based? Is the page accessible to other users besides on the server itself? What’s the easiest way for who ever staffs the office to alter the setting? You mention a button. A button where?

    One of many possible solutions assumes the page is accessible to view from other computers and that authorized users can log in to be able to alter settings. This button you speak of could appear right on the page adjacent to the status message. It’s only visible to logged in, authorized users. Such users could toggle the button on or off to alter the message displayed. Clicking the button sends an Ajax request to the server telling it to change the setting. At the same time, the message displayed is also updated to reflect the new setting.

    You could even have the status message be based on whether certain users are currently logged in or not. The act of logging in or out could automatically update the setting the message relies upon.

    Assuming the page is WP based, this entire functionality could be incorporated into some template code, or a shortcode, or even a custom block. Even if not WP based, a similar scheme could still be implemented.

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