By fangius on

Hi,
Is it possible to have more fields available for the admin to *add extra info* to what was originally posted by an (anonymous-authenticated-whatever) user?

I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to do this with CCK nodes, here's the scenario:

  • user can post new data = new node that goes into moderation
  • Admin can review the post and publish it
  • Admin can *add extra info* to the post

This would mean that some fields were available to the admin only (private fields?). I have found two issues about this:

none of these have been resolved.

I was wondering if there is another way to achieve my goal: can I have 2 different CCK forms 'look' at the same node? One for input by a user, the other for edit/add of data?

Thanks for your support!

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techczech commented

I'm grappling with the same issue at the moment. The nearest I got to solving it is to leave out the 'private' fields from displaying at theme level. The admin (and everybody with edit permissions) will then have access to this when editing only. I seem to recall there was a module that could set privacy by field but I can't locate it now.

fangius’s picture

fangius commented

Good idea! Going to test this out very soon. Thanks.

MacRonin’s picture

MacRonin commented

Hmm Interesting idea and something I'd probably like to use down the line. A drawback with the theme method is that the author gets to see and modify the data also. Well at least if they are logged in and not anonymous.

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techczech commented

I agree. It's definitely a stop gap - mostly for things the author wants to hide. Also annoying because the author has to enter edit mode to view this (although some creative PHP theming could probably take care of that, too). I'm dying for a module that would allow other people to post anonymous comments that could have different access permissions from the rest of the node. Essential in education and academia.