Any plug-ins out there to add a change post author capability similar to WordPress, maybe in the admin panel or the admin area of the topic.php page?
Change Post Author?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Nothing with roles, actually something much simpler.
As an administrator, I would like to have a drop-down list on the post-form.php that has a list of all forum members, so that I can assign or change the author of a post.
Within the
<?php if ( is_bb_tag() || is_front() ) : ?>there would be another drop down list, but rather than forum, would be the list of authors to say started that topic.Posted 1 year ago # -
It isn't about it being a regular basis, it's about it being possible.
In my testing and installing of bbPress, I usually bounce back and forth between a KeyMaster, an Admin, and a Member test account, and sometimes I am logged in and make a post under the wrong one. :)
It's more for convenience and possibility sake than it is for daily use or practicality.
Forums with many users would just have a million entries in the drop down. Heck I dunno man I just thought of this idea! :)
Posted 1 year ago # -
mantuzuma
MemberI strongly support adding this functionality. It's true that I will probably not need it on a regular basis, but right now I'm trying to literally copy-paste some discussion threads from an online social networking site onto my new bbpress forum, and i'd love to be able to copy-paste a bunch of posts from a thread, and then quickly set their authors appropriately.
Posted 1 year ago # -
If it's a one-time copy and paste type thing, why not just use phpMyAdmin and a query to update them all at the same time? I think people tend to create plugins they themselves have a need for, and so far there hasn't been a big need for this. I've needed to do it a couple times, for reasons johnjamesjacoby mentions, but it's pretty rare.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I think I may try to tackle this plugin when I have more time, because I find myself wanting it more and more.
I guess I come from the old school, where a webpage is basically just a snazzy interface for a database, so the interface should allow for any kind of manipulation of the database that you'd need, and only stop you from doing something silly. :)
Posted 1 year ago # -
hmm... this function/plugin would be great to admin's for "cleaning" after an import from another software, e.g. phpBB.
When today a admin user goes into an old Post from an Guest Users (of the old software) and change something - the post is saved with his user-id. It's not possible to change the username afterwards to the original username.
Posted 8 months ago #
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