User Types: How to Add Roles / Capabilities

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  • March 17, 2015 at 5:29 am #34216

    newdesignideas
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    Your system is great, really, however I can´t seem to find a way to differentiate between different users of a directory / portal. Example:

    1. User type A: service provider, can add listings.
    2. User type B: service user, can review listings.

    The most rudimentary way of doing that easily would be via user roles: subscribers can review listings authors and editors can add listings and review. Then dd the roles to the users directly or via a “user type” abstraction.

    Therefore, at the simplest there should be a way to limit the adding of listings, reviews and all other functionality by user role. I can´t find it.

    Otherwise, how would a portal with your system function with reviews? It really can´t when everyone can do everything. Reviewers should not be able to do listings, basic right?

    March 17, 2015 at 6:00 am #34217

    Guust
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    Users can submit listings and reviews.
    Why should they not?
    How will you stop someone registering 2 accounts, to review and to list?

    March 19, 2015 at 3:03 am #34529

    newdesignideas
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    The answer to your question is really simple!

    Type A: service providers user types have to be approved by the admin
    Type B: service user types can freely register and leave reviews

    Works 100% of the time all over the internet. Unbelievable that you ask such a question. Simply unbelievable..

    March 19, 2015 at 3:10 am #34530

    newdesignideas
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    Also this topic is anything but resolved. How can a portal function without basic differentiation and management of users? How? That is the real question.

    March 19, 2015 at 3:42 am #34531

    Guust
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    No need to bite …
    The way it works is that you control how to accept users, and you choose whether listings they submit are auto-approved or not, and the same with comments.
    There is no differentiation between the users, but there is between the posts they make, ie listings or comments.
    Same as most sites like yelp where you are never asked to create two accounts, if you want to list and comment on other listings. But the process for listings and comments is different.

    March 19, 2015 at 4:44 am #34532

    newdesignideas
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    Ok, got it. My apologies for the bite 🙂

    I will create my own plugin to separate the two user types with the new BuddyPress functions for creating user types. Is there an API so I can make it GeoDirectory compatible.

    I think Geodirectory is the greatest listings plugin I have seen and I worked through a dozen of them. In my judgement much of it should be part of WordPress core, it is that good. Hopefully Automattic will buy you one day 🙂

    March 19, 2015 at 5:31 am #34533

    Guust
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    You can use a membership plugin like s2member with buddypress and GD to restrict only certain users access to the Add Listing pages.
    There is a Buddypress GD compatibility plugin in your download area.

    All is forgiven, you did not leave any marks 😉

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