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We have a real estate blog and we are using Serendipity and are very happy with the system.

We have a category called "Ask the Realtor" where we would like readers to be able to submit questions on the blog so that we can answer them. We would like to have the questions appear as a new entry on the main page and then be able to answer the questions in the comments section.

Currently it appears that the only way to do this is to allow the guest to "Self Register" as an author. This then enables them to post a new entry and we could in turn comment. The only problem is that using this method, they have access to the media library. We would prefer not to have this.

Is there a way around this where a guest can quickly (easily) register, post a question (or new topic) that we could review prior to being posted and them provide a comment similar to this forum?

If Serendipity is not capable of this, would we be better to go to a Forum type system and if so, what program do you suggest?

Thanks and Regards,

Dave Weber

Hi!

There's also a "Suggest entries" plugin that allows people to submit "entries" that can be reviewed by an admin and published, and then you can also add your comments.

The plugin is available also via Spartacus.

HTH,
Garvin

If you create a group (say, "Commenter") with only "adminEntries" and "personalConfiguration" privileges, that user will be able to create and modify his own entries only.

Then you just need to configure the self-registration plugin to put new users in that group. I believe it has that option; if not, just create a copy of the "Standard Editor" group, move your current editors into it, and change the original "Standard Editor" group to have only the restricted options.

When I do this kind of thing, I usually create new entries myself, either from interesting comments in other threads, or from emails I receive through my comment form.

Rats; after all that, I noticed Garvin just commented, and his suggestion is much better than mine. I'd go with the "Suggest entries" plugin.