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OK here is a front end demo example I’ve created: http://www.newcastle-online.com/pluginexample.htm

This plugin needs to allow the website owner to paste code into pages and indeed posts so thatm it shows all the forms as shown in the link above.

When the user press post they will be taken to a message that the website owner can edit such as “Thanks for your article submission, we’ll review it in 24 hours and decide whether to add it. If we do and you clicked the notification button you will recieve an e-mail to the address supplied confirming publiscation”

Or something like that.

In admin the website owner should be able to edit every facet of it, be able to spell check it and also be able to post it to any category if he/she so desires. I’m thinking the interface for this should be much like the “write” feature?

Other ideas, when the reader presses post a prompt asking them whether they’d like to be notified just incase they forget, another prompt for e-mail and any other required fields that weren’t filled in.

If the users earn trust, i.e. they’ve written lots and are valued contributors the website owner can in admin, make their posts appear live on the site as soon as they’ve been sent or written.

This will maybe require a dropdown menu allowing the contributor to select which category to post in.

Thoughts? Can this be done?

I think it would add a whole new dimension to WordPress.

You have the commenting system for users, for those who just want to reply to posts, and you have the ability to allow writers to write articles. By allowing people to send in letters, articles and e-mails that can be published independently of articles and comments this just adds to the whole community aspect and for sites like my own which is like a newspaper, radio station and magazine all rolled into one at times it would be great.

Any plugin guru could pull this off I’m sure the WordPress community would use it.

Hi Moshu, I’m really looking for something that doesn’t force people to register or login to an admin interface, my users log on my site at work or university and before I installed WordPress, there would be an e-mail form at the end of articles or pasted into a “have your say” page, and people would on the fly just write in like that. Easy and simple for them. If I forced people to register and login that would put people off.

I’ll create a demo of what I mean and link it in here, maybe a plugin guru could make such a thing work, it would be a great addition to WordPress if so especially for owners of sites like mine which aren’t just blogs, but communities and in my case, a platform for fans of our local football club to have their say, like an online fanzine. Basically a letters page from readers.

I’ve just created both y and x.html files uploaded them and when I type them into my browser I get those files and not switched around, does that mean I don’t have mod-rewrite enabled on my server?

My htaccess file reads:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule x.html y.html

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Does that mean its enabled and on?

Yeah I uploaded a plugin to replace and find, that doesn’t solve the problem though.

What other errors are you seeing?

Oh, that’s bad. Is that why I’m having problems in Internet Explorer?

Yeah I think you’re right. I’m a bit of a newbie though and don’t really understand PHP that well but I must say, WordPress is a fantastic tool and more than easy enough for even simpletons like myself 😉

I guess it’s a case of getting stuck into the codex and reading word for word, trial and error etc.

Anyway thanks for your help, much appreciated. The support on here is as good as WordPress itself.