A setup like this is possible, it may require some coding knowledge, really depends on exactly you need to do. Take a look at this article for some ideas on how to set that up:
Using Participants Database with WordPress Users
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lcp298
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Thanks, that looks promising. The only difference is that the users will not be registering themselves, I will do that, so getting the username from the signup form won’t work.
Will the user profile add on allow me to create a user and their record at the same time, and create the username?
Thanks
The profile add-on is for linking a single record to a WP user account, so that won’t work if you want to associate multiple PDB records with a user.
So: you register the users as an admin…then what? Where do the records come from? This is how you will set up the association.
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lcp298
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An admin will create the record, and I was hoping the user would be registered at the same time. The user then gets access to the record to view and edit some fields. The admins will periodically update the record. The user will periodically edit some fields.
The other way I thought of doing it was to use the log add-on, so instead of multiple records they would have multiple logs. The number of users who will need more than one will be relatively few though, so I wanted to see if it could be done with multiple records, as I think they may work/look better than logs.
Thanks
This is exactly what the Participants Database User Profile add-on does, so you’re on the right track…add the Participant Log add-on and your users can keep lists or logs.
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lcp298
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Ok, thanks, I’ll do it that way.
