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[CaMer0n]

Submit news needs a revamp. It is missing some important fields such as 'summary' and 'keywords/tags'. What else would you like to see included on the submit news form? @Moc @rica-carv @Jimmi08 @tgtje @lonalore @MikeyGMT

[Jimmi08]

I would like to set in preferences if there fields are editable on frontend. But I really want to see how their editing should be managed by new way on frontend (without admin UI) So my answer is yes.

[tgtje]

Well, first one has to think at the general use : Submitting news (or important things one would like to share). Now it depends on what the submitter gets in front of him > plain text field (bbcode) or full tiny. It are options withheld or approved to use. (security takes a peek).

As submitting user i would like to share text of course (textfield), maybe a picture, or a audio file or movie (most prob. very easy). Now image is present in diff. scenarios, but not the audio/visual part ( neither in upload since that is bound to img).(hence the textfield editoring).

In short : ideas enough, but it is not clear what defines a submitted news item (dependencies to what are to broad in use). What will one accept and what is needed for displaying inSite.. (and wanted, filtered or not etc..).

A summary field : yes, more upload privileges > yes (strict secur!) Submit form field for link/url (or all handled by editor ? ) So hard to say what exactly (or really needed).. ( i do think theres more in a mix with event calendar options). Will wait for more reactions....

[rica-carv]

I can't see why a user submited news fields can't be as the admin one. Of course, only admin fields should be rulled out, but almost any content oriented field should be allowed for the standard user to be edited. Logically all this should be reviewed by admin after the news submission by the user....

[CaMer0n]

So far I have this to add to the table:

submitnews_keywords varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', (tags) submitnews_description text NOT NULL, (SEO) submitnews_summary text NOT NULL, submitnews_media text NOT NULL, (array containing image, video or audio urls)

[Alex-e107nl]

Well, the question has been asked and I actually don't see a purpose in the answers, why would you want to use this form, well I think you should be able to use this very easily with your mobile phone, that would be a real addition, so you are on your way and you want to report something on your blog, use your phone, simply log in, type text and add photos or videos, choose a category and post or log in to your site later and post the messages... that would be a great idea for me. would be a nice addition :-)

So it should be possible to use it with a separate page, such as login.php, easily and quickly?

Sorry did not see this was from 2016.. :-(

[Jimmi08]

@Alex-e107nl Did you get notification about closing, didn't you? The same here :)

For others. I still haven't time to check this (from 2016!) - how it is done - main reason is that submitted news are saved at the same table as normal news and I disagree with this solution. My personal opinion, so I ignored it and I forgot on this.

But this functionality is one of the most needed. I explain. e107 is the best CMS for any member site, but... It lacks possibility for members/users to manage content. Safe way. You need to make them admins to have advanced way how to insert content.
It is not only contact form (without saving submissions), missing report functionality...

So make this so good so you can easily create your own plugin and just copy most of code...

Ok, I will try to look at this (Moc just reopened it)

[Jimmi08]

There is not need for new issue, it's related. For error and success is used the same string $mes->addError(LAN_134); $mes->addSuccess(LAN_134);

Result:

Item wasn't submitted because error. A little confusing :)