Comments on: How to Give Your Designer Live Access to Your Theme

By: charles

charles — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:13:04 +0000

This role manager thing is quite interesting. I haven't tried them before. I also created just the admin role after last time I did try author role once. On that time I got the problem that it didn't allow me to put on to my post. I spent time going back and forth trying to put with the link to my post and never got it. Thank you again for a good tip. :) charless last blog post..The West Wing - The Complete Series Collection (2006)

By: Caroline Middlebrook

Caroline Middlebrook — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:49:15 +0000

@David, I have only used the plugin one time to do as I described in this post which was many months ago. I really don’t know the answer to your question, I suggest you contact the plugin author.

By: David

David — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:13:18 +0000

Hi Caroline,

Thank you for posting information about Role Manager Plugin.

I have role manager installed on my blog and I would like to ask you a question about configuration please.

I am trying to configure new site visitors who have registered with the ability to log in from the homepage and once they are logged in they will see their Username, Write a Post, and Manage a Post hyperlinks.

Of course, I want to limit the backend exposure that the new user can see enabling them with the functionality to originate (Write a post & Manage a post) when logged in with their profile.

Thank you in advance for your assistance and guidance.

David

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By: Jacky

Jacky — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:49:09 +0000

Third:
your homepage:
http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com/
Still points to that old-design page … maybe you want to install a movedpermanently??

By: Jacky

Jacky — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:47:28 +0000

First:
Did you realize, that the last topic of your recent topic list vanishes the div under/beneath/below (lacking the right word) it?

Second:
Did you realize that the arrows pointing to your recent topics have an odd position if your header exceeds one line?

greetz
Jacky ;)

By: Gaida

Gaida — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:43:07 +0000

Hi Caroline,
Love the new layout of your blog. I’ve also been looking at changing the theme of a few of my blogs. Really interested in the 3 column layouts.

Yet again another detailed & informative post….Giving your designer access to your theme. Does this work with wordpress.org and wordpress.com (which I use thru my control panel and fantastico?)

Great to see you’ve started to sell advertising space & working towards your goal of making a living online.

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By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:01:54 +0000

Do make sure you don’t give the privileges to the wrong person…

-Mike

By: Ruchir

Ruchir — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:44:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing the plugin Caroline, I never knew about it. I think it can have many applications. For example, you can hire someone to delete and sort the spam comments you get every week. Also, you can allow any blog visitor to write a guest post. You can also hire someone to look after the comments if you’re gone for a holiday. Likewise, you can set someone the role of “Editor” (with a few more privileges) to look after your blog when you’re taking a break etc etc…

By: Mitchell Allen

Mitchell Allen — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:25:37 +0000

Hi Caroline,

The new look is so you! (giggle)

I like the way it blends in with your picture.

The best part of this is the networking you and twitter and the designer participated in. That’s what it’s all about!

Here is a wacky use for permissions: bmail.

As in, “blogmail”. I looked all over and didn’t see one person working on it. So I cajoled a couple of my ‘net buddies to try an experiment. Each of us had admin rights on a test WordPress blog. Then we posted letters and subscribed to feeds for posts and comments. Because of RSS, each of us received the letter. When one of us commented, we would be notified.

The idea is that you create a blog, give it a non-SEO type domain name, make it as private as possible, turn off bots, password protect the directory and you’ve got your own little message system.

Add Askimet, just in case the spambots detect your craftily named xBkajTM17b.com

The experiment uncovered some obvious usability issues, but as far as ideas go…

Happy New Year!

Mitch

By: Olakunle Solomon Fatoye

Olakunle Solomon Fatoye — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:54:03 +0000

1. Dearly Beloved Caroline:
2. This is just another information of a kind which I personally do not know about before.
3. It will always remain a learning process on your blog and there is so much you know that can bless lives.
4. Keep up the great and good work and thank you for sharing this because I am installing it already on my WP blogs!
5. Remain blessed and a blessing.
6. Talk soon by God’s grace.
7. Regards, –OSF.

By: Lodewijkvdb

Lodewijkvdb — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:45:23 +0000

Nice article, I didn't need this yet as I designed my theme myself, but it's good to know this is possible. Another plugin that I found helpful when tweaking my theme, was the Admin Theme Preview plugin. It allows you to edit and preview your theme, when it's not live yet. It prevented my blog from some nasty typos and mistakes :)

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By: Chris O'Byrne

Chris O'Byrne — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:31:21 +0000

This is really helpful. I do a lot of WordPress setup and customization and this is also a good way to let some of my clients have access without opening up everything to them. Thanks!