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Next Class: WordPress for Beginners
Date: Tuesday November 24th, 2009
Brad Williams
Brad Williams is the CEO and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios.com. He is also a co-host on the SitePoint Podcast and an Advisor on SitePoint Forums. He was one of the original co-hosts on the WordPress Weekly Podcast and still joins the show on occasion. Brad has been developing websites for over 12 years, including the last 3 where he has focused on open-source technologies like WordPress.
Brad has given presentations at WordCamp Mid-Atlantic on the popular Thesis Theme framework and WordCamp Montreal on WordPress Security. He is also the organizer for the New Jersey WordPress Meetup Group. Brad is also the co-author of the upcoming WROX book Professional WordPress.
Brad is a computer programmer and tech junkie who enjoys exploring technology and sharing his knowledge and experience with others.
How To: Allow Post Contributions in WordPress
Have you ever wanted to give your website visitors the ability to register in WordPress and contribute posts for review? This feature is actually built into the WordPress core. You can easily accomplish this in WordPress by changing two settings:
First visit the General > Settings SubPanel. Here you will need to set enable the “Anyone can register” Membership option. Next you will need to set the “New User Default Role” to Contributor. That’s it!
Now any visitor to your website can register an account, create new blog posts, and submit those blog posts to you for moderation. Contributed posts can be approved by either an Editor or Admin on your website.
I also recommend installing the Sidebar Login plugin. This plugin will give you a login widget for your sidebar, making it extremely easy for your members to login to your WordPress website. Now all you need are some writers!