EDITOR SIGN UP IDEAS

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the comments on the TopX tag.

After talking with another potential client, and having a little time to think about it, I might be adding an editor signup form of some description for 1.0.8 or 1.0.9.

Basically, the form will be customizable (template based) like the upcoming Editor Profile Update Form. The sign-up form will ONLY be accessible to logged in users. The advantage to this is, you already have a validated user and hopefully more authentic user information (email etc). It also helps prevent spamming of the signup form! The information when submited would go to some kind of pending box (nothing too complicated!). There are still a few problems with this, as EM can only add an editor once you have assigned them a category the browser. Also, drop down lists of the requested category are not practical for those who have 50,000 categories. Everything must kept so it could be used with anyones setup (flexibity). Also, development time for me!

The form will be basic, to conform with anyones needs:

Username [automatically filled in]
Email [automatically filled in]
Requested Category 1[ could be auto filled if the form is only accessed from the category they want]
Requested Category 2 [a second preference - manually filled]
Why they want to be an editor or whatever [ a text field for your editor to write whatever thay want, depending on your needs].

Of course, as with any of the EM feaatures, if you setup has different requirements, you don't have to use the form at all.

Comments welcome.


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