[wp-hackers] Custom Role and Custom Post Types

[Ryan Bilesky]

I'm working on a site where I have a custom post type that I am allowing
users to both create and edit.  I actually don't let my user touch
wp-admin.  I register a shortcode that I can use in a page to embed a custom
form that my users can use.  Perhaps you could look into doing that aswell.

In addition to that I use thememyprofile to allow user to change their
password and stuff from a frontend page then I block subscribers from
accessing wp-admin alltogether.

On Feb 13, 2011 11:04 AM, "SWORD Studios" <info at swordstudios.net> wrote:
> Thank you Steve.
>
> Comments by Jesse Friedman
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>
> On Feb 13, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Steve Taylor <steve at sltaylor.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Jesse,
>>
>> You probably need to pay attention to the capabilities-related
>> argument of register_post_type:
>>
>>
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type#Arguments
>>
>> I don't know how you're creating the new role - I used Justin
>> Tadlock's Members plugin, which also allows customization of the
>> role's capabilities. In tandem with the above arguments, I've been
>> able to do this kind of thing.
>>
>> As for creating the new post on registration, yeah, I think you're on
>> the right track with the new registration hook.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Steve Taylor
>>
>> On 13 February 2011 13:42, SWORD Studios <info at swordstudios.net> wrote:
>>> Thanks in advance for any help I get with this.
>>>
>>> I've defined a new role in wordpress called Designer.
>>> I've create a custom post type called Profile.
>>>
>>> Designer needs to have 1 ability and that's to edit a Profile post.
>>>
>>> I need to accomplish the following
>>>
>>> - Create a custom Role called "Designer" - DONE
>>> - I need to limit the capabilities of the Designer to ONLY edit their
>>> Profile post. I do not want them to be able to "Add Posts" of any type
>>> because each Designer is only allowed one Profile Post
>>> - On registration of a "designer" a custom post "Profile" is created and
>>> published automatically with the new Designer set as the author
>>> - The title of this new Profile will be the name of the Designer set by
>>> the designer upon registration
>>>
>>>
>>> Problems I'm having
>>>
>>> - It's easy enough to limit the capabilities of the new role to only
>>> "edit posts" but that actually gives them access to the entire "Posts"
admin
>>> panel which include "add new"
>>> - How do I define that they can ONLY edit a Custom Post Type rather than
>>> a simple Post
>>> - How do I auto create a custom post type upon registration of a new
>>> user? I figure I can grab the hook that is used for a new user
registration
>>> and just add the post to the database manually. If this is the best way
of
>>> doing it, I can don't need help with this.
>>>
>>> Jesse Friedman
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