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06-19-07, 06:05 PM
Ok, I'll keep the background to the point. I'm building a cycling related website, specifically one to catalog and search vintage cycling components and frames. Generally a purpose built Wiki type site. Anyone will be able to register on the site, but I don't want new users to have full add/edit control right off the bat. So how would you break up the different permission groups, and how would you decide when and how to upgrade a user to more permissions.
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Permission items:
A) Add New item
B) Add Comment to item
C) Add specific attribute info to existing item (that is currently blank)
D) Add/Edit the General Info/Comments section.
E) Edit existing information on item
F) Flag Item for faulty information or SPAM
Current idea is to have 3 levels of users. For simplicity sake, we'll call them User1, User2, User3. Here is my current break down of levels:
User1:
B) Add Comment to item
F) Flag Item for faulty information or SPAM
User2:
(all from User1)
A) Add New item
C) Add specific attribute info to existing item (that is currently blank)
D) Add/Edit the General Info/Comments section.
User3:
(all from User1 & 2)
E) Edit existing information on item
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Now, how to promote users from one level to another. Purely time based; points based and earning points for time, items added, comments left; quiz based by answering a few fairly easy yet very topic specific questions from a database of possibles. Or other ideas? Mainly I want to know that the member is a valued and somewhat trusted member of the site before giving them full reign to make changes at will. There will be a some sort of a roll-back ability if someone makes undesired changes or additions to the listing.
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Look forward to hearing your ideas and opinions. It will be a while before everything is built and ready for users, but promise I'll let all the Foosters know when it is up and running. :)
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Permission items:
A) Add New item
B) Add Comment to item
C) Add specific attribute info to existing item (that is currently blank)
D) Add/Edit the General Info/Comments section.
E) Edit existing information on item
F) Flag Item for faulty information or SPAM
Current idea is to have 3 levels of users. For simplicity sake, we'll call them User1, User2, User3. Here is my current break down of levels:
User1:
B) Add Comment to item
F) Flag Item for faulty information or SPAM
User2:
(all from User1)
A) Add New item
C) Add specific attribute info to existing item (that is currently blank)
D) Add/Edit the General Info/Comments section.
User3:
(all from User1 & 2)
E) Edit existing information on item
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Now, how to promote users from one level to another. Purely time based; points based and earning points for time, items added, comments left; quiz based by answering a few fairly easy yet very topic specific questions from a database of possibles. Or other ideas? Mainly I want to know that the member is a valued and somewhat trusted member of the site before giving them full reign to make changes at will. There will be a some sort of a roll-back ability if someone makes undesired changes or additions to the listing.
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Look forward to hearing your ideas and opinions. It will be a while before everything is built and ready for users, but promise I'll let all the Foosters know when it is up and running. :)