Details
This plugin enables you to accept anonymous entry submissions from any visitor to your published blog, regardless of whether or not they have an account or they are logged in.
REQUIREMENTS
- The Movable Type Community Pack, which is normally bundled with MT Pro and Enterprise
INSTALLATION
Download the code or the Git repo. Inside you will find a directory (under plugins) called AnonPublicPost. Simply copy the that directory from the archive into your plugins directory so that you have:
MT_DIR/plugins/AnonPublicPost
INITIAL SETUP
In order to use this plugin, you need to first set up two things:
- An MT user account designated to be the default author for anonymous submitters
- A modified version of the "create entry" index template that doesn't force users to sign in.
Setting up the default user
- Create a new role that only has the permission to create entries (screenshot)
- Create a new user to act as the author of all anonymous entries.
- Assign the post-only role in #1 to the new author created in #2
Modify the Create Entry template
In this step, you need to modify the styles and/or javascript on the Create Entry index template so that the user has a choice whether to sign in or to post anonymously. This is an exercise left to the reader although contribution of a clear set of simple instructions would be welcome.
CONFIGURATION
The plugin has a mandatory configuration directive (set in mt-config.cgi), PublicPostDefaultUser, through which you specify the default author username created above:
PublicPostDefaultUser joeschmoe
Once this is set correctly, you should be set to go.
VERSION HISTORY
- 09/19/2009 - Initial private beta release of v0.1-beta
- 09/22/2009 - Version 1.0, initial production release
- 09/22/2009 - Version 1.1, cleans up the cookie/session data so that the user cannot log in under the anonymous user
- 09/22/2009 - Version 1.2, Commented code and very minor readability tweaks
- 09/28/2009 - Version 1.3, Fixed posting by registered logged in users
AUTHOR
This plugin was brought to you by Jay Allen, Principal of Endevver Consulting.
BUG REPORTS AND FEATURE REQUESTS
If you find a bug in the plugin or would like to request a feature, you can check our bug tracker to see if it's already been filed and, if not, file a new ticket.
Compatibility
Movable Type versions: 4.3
License
GPL
