Crowdfund Guest Post feature (already $250 pledged)

luceos

First off, whether or not to use a feature to allow anonymous/guest posting is entirely up to the webmaster. My belief is that the platform (Flarum) should be so flexible it should allow for the majority of use cases. Everyone has a right to an opinion, but no one has the right to decide for others what their forum should look like.

This discussion has gone far outside the current scope of the OP. Please stick to the technical implications and the goal to get it developed.

jordanjay29

I'm not sure why people are getting riled up here. It's a request for an extension, not a core feature or anything that's going to change discuss.flarum.org. Nor does it mean anyone will be forced to use it. Everyone builds their community to their own liking, that's the entire point of Flarum's modularity. This is just one more method.

As luceos said, let's make sure we're not losing debating the merits of this extension request here. Open a topic in Feedback > Features to do so.

0E800

My apologies.

QaziSalmanAhmad

While the feature can be turned on & off from Admin Dashboard, I think it's a really good idea.
Even it's something that should be included in core.
Name & Email is essential, but http://4Chan.org/ is the example provided to me by my client.

Ainas

When this extension will be released?

luceos

I have not seen anyone complete an extension that does this..

danielunited

Hey, I'm also willing to contribute $250 for this extension if it works with @clarkwinkelmann's WordPress integration

clarkwinkelmann

Wow that's an old discussion. Depending on the requirements list, $250 can be enough to get it done.

The questions are things like what information should be given by guest users. Can guest users create discussions. Should there be a way to merge a guest user information if they create an account afterwards. Should guests be prompted to create an account after posting. What should happen if there is an actual account with the same information the guest user has entered. Should guest users be shown as anonymous or should they chose a display name. Should multiple posts from the same guest display name be visible on a page or not. Should guests appear in the user list.

Fully anonymous posting is yet another aspect of it.

danielunited

clarkwinkelmann

Here's the flow I think it should have:

If guest posting is enabled in the community, unregitered users can see & interact with the composer area the same as any other user.
Once they post a reply, the comment is posted under a random name like "Golden seahorse" and relevant avatar (The same way Google Docs/Slides does works)
Additionally, cookie is saved making the user's further content be posted under that "Golden seahorse".
Now back to the user: once he posts his comment, he sees an input to enter an email and a password or sign up with a social network to create his permanent/regular account on the forum (I can send you the UI for that).
Once he does that, all of the content from "Golden seahorse" is transferred to his permanent/regular account.

The only issue I see here is lots of potential spam. Maybe a captcha could help.

luceos

danielunited I wouldn't create a completely new register/sign up page. I would keep the original Flarum methods, but during registration check whether a cookie exists and link all content related to that cookie value with the newly registered user. This would be far more flexible and forward compatible. Whether or not to use captcha is up to the webmaster, extensions for that exists already anyway.

danielunited

luceos I don't mean a new register/sign up page, just show a registration form in the composer area. Would you still advise against that?

clarkwinkelmann

luceos I understand the CAPTCHA would be in the post composer itself, not registration modal.

Otherwise it doesn't prevent spam.

luceos

danielunited I guess yes. I firmly believe in creating simple extensions and iterating where needed. Hijacking the composer might sound smart now, but remember that we still have a frontend refactor to work with before stable. The simpler the extension, especially on the frontend, the easier to upgrade.

danielunited

luceos You're right, that makes sense.

luceos

clarkwinkelmann ah 🤦 obviously. Okay makes sense 🤐

chriskuta

Also happy to pledge funds for this feature. Esp. for the feature to transfer his / her posted content to their regular account once they register.

danielunited

chriskuta Contact me on Discord: Daniel (danielunited)#9335 or email: alterdaniel@outlook.com

Profi420

danielunited
We would also like to have a guest account. Users are allowed to post and comment in the areas with guest permission.
When starting a new discussion or commenting, the guest enters a (free) name or an email. After solving the capture, the post will be published.
Who could implement this for us or in which project can I contribute financially?

010101

Profi420 I want this too. Especially guest replying/commenting.

Now that there is the lovely blog extension, I want people to be able to comment without logging in. They would just need to input a name and email to reply.

huuduy216

any update on this? I can fund a bit too.

also saw this a while ago, contacted the email listed in description but no reply https://extiverse.com/extension/kilowhat/flarum-ext-guest-posting

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