WordPress Curated Lists (CMCLM) - Extra - Front-end Link Submissions

Adding and Editing Links on the Front-end

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The plugin allows to submit new links or editing existing links on the front-end. The admin can choose what user roles are allowed to do it and moderate all submissions.

Settings

To configure the submissions settings in the WordPress Curated Lists, navigate to Admin Dashboard → Curated List Manager Pro → Options → Plugin Options.

Scroll down to the Frontend Submission section.

The options are:

• Link submission access - Choose which type of users are allowed to submit new links on the front-end:
  • Disabled - Disallow submitting new links.
  • All users (Logged in and non logged in) - Allow all users to submit new links.
  • Logged in users only - Allow only logged-in users to submit new links.
  • Registered users with selected roles - Allow only users with selected roles to submit new links. When this option is chosen, a new option appears:
    • Which roles can add links from the frontend - Select the user roles that are allowed to submit new links.
• Link updation access - Choose what type of users are allowed to edit existing links on the front-end:
  • Disabled - Disallow editing links.
  • All users (Logged in and non logged in) - Allow all users to edit links.
  • Logged in users only - Allow only logged-in users to edit links.
  • Registered users with selected roles - Allow only users with selected roles to edit links. When this option is chosen, a new option appears:
    • Which roles can edit links from the frontend - Select the user roles that are allowed to edit links.
• Moderation - If enabled, all newly suggested or edited links will be held for admin moderation.
• Captcha - If enabled, a simple captcha will be added to the submission form to prevent spam link submissions.

Labels

Under the sub-section Labels you can edit front-end labels related to the front-end form for submitting and editing links.

• Form heading
• Form heading for edit
• Name field text
• Subtitle field text
• Description field text
• URL field text
• Captcha field placeholder text
• Submit button text
• Update button text
• Captcha failure error
• Form failure text
• Form success text
• Form update success text
• Form success text for moderation
• Form update success text for moderation

Notifications

Under the sub-section Notifications you can configure email and dashboard notifications related to link submissions.

• Notification in the admin dashboard - Enable it to display a notification in the admin dashboard, when link submissions are waiting for approval.
• Waiting links reminder email - Enable it to send email notifications, when link submissions are waiting for approval.
• Reminder interval (Days) - Set how often email notifications should be sent. The period value is specified in days.
• Recipient Email Addresses - Define one or multiple email addresses, where to send email notifications. Multiple emails should be separated with comma.
• Reminder email subject - Set the subject of the email notification.
• Reminder email content - Set the body of the email notification. Use the placeholder {waiting_links_count} to display the number of links waiting for approval.

Front-end Result

Depending on the access settings defined in the plugin settings, the allowed users will see:

• A plus icon next to each category name that allows to submit new links within relevant category.
• A pencil icon next to each link that allows to edit them.

Once clicking on a link, a form will appear below the category name. In both cases - adding new link or editing the existing one - the user will see a simple form with a few fields:

• Name - The user should add a name of the link. This field is required.
• Subtitle - Allows to add a short description for a link. This field is optional.
• Description - Allows to add a link description. This field is optional.
• URL - The field for adding the link itself. This field is required.
• Captcha - Provides a simple question to prevent bot submissions. This field is required (when enabled in the plugin settings).

After filling the required fields, the user needs to click the button Submit. After that the user will see a message that the link is either submitted or held for moderation - depending on if the moderation is enabled in the plugin settings.

Admin Moderation

The admin will see a notification in the admin dashboard. The message indicates how many links are waiting for approval.

The admin can see links that are held for moderation either by clicking on the number in the notification, or by sorting links by the Pending Only status. Here the admin can either edit and publish the link or delete it.

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