How to Configure the Ghost Writer
- Carol Nelson (Unlicensed)
- Sara Collins
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About the Ghost Writer
With the Ghost Writer an authorized user is able to post a question/discussion in a forum as another user without giving that user admin rights.
Key Features:
Gives you the ability to easily post as another user
Flexible author abilities when it comes to questions or discussions
Installing the Ghost Writer
Import the “Forum - ghostwriter” XML plugin as provided by Social Edge. The widget should appear in the list of widgets in Widget Studio.
This widget will be added to the page as per Placement and setting the “Forum ghostwriter” widget
Installing Instance Settings (roles, users, groups)
Create a role for users who will be ghostwriters
Click on the “Pencil” icon
Choose “Administration”
Choose “Membership” and “Roles”
Click “Add new role”
Click “Save”.
If you want you can add additional permission to the role.
Add the role to the user who will be a ghostwriter
Click on the “Pencil” icon
Choose “Administration”
Choose “Membership” and “Members”
Find the user, to which you want to add the role
Click on the user’s name and “Edit”
Go to the tab “Roles”
Click “Add to role”
Choose the role which you need and click “Add”
Create a group where will be placed the widget Forum ghostwriter
Add forums
You can add forums here (one would be enough)
Or add application later a forum where will be placed the widget Forum ghostwriter.
In this case:Click on the pencil icon:
Choose Manage Group:
Choose “Applications”
Click “Add Application”
Choose “Forum”
Add “Name”, “Description”.
Placement and setting the “Forum ghostwriter” widget
Go to forums
Choose the forum
You will see the “Forums - Ask a Question” widget.
Typing any text and click the “Ask” button
Or you can click on the “New” button:
Opened forms will be the same.
Your page will look like this
Click on the “Pencil” Icon
Choose Manage Group Theme
Choose “Edit This Page”
Remove this widget
Find “Forum ghostwriter” in the list of widgets
Drag and drop it on the page
Click “Gear icon”
Add a role for users who will have the permission to add the author’s name to a question
Click “Save”
Click “Publish”
Add “Subject”, “Author”(not required, if you don’t add author, publishing user will be the author), “Description”, “Tags” (not required) and click “Post”
My user’s name is spylypenko@.
Author’s name is admin.
You cannot change the user’s name after publishing.
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