Hello,
I am a Toolset account holder.
I am interested in using Toolset to create an online private journaling platform.
The website will be a membership website. Some pages will be free while some will be paid. The user will have a front-end form that they can use in making entries into a journal. The user should be able to have different kinds of forms for different kinds of entries or journals.
However, I want each user's entries to be completely and totally private to them. No other person except the user making the entries should be able to see their own journal entries. In addition, they should be able to have a list page where they can view all their past journal entries. They should be able to view, edit or delete these past entries. They should also be able to create new entries.
Please, is what I have described possible with Toolset? If yes, which components of Toolset can help in setting this up? Further, if necessary, which other plugins will I require to setup a website such as this especially regarding making the user's entries viewable / editable and deleteable only by them?
Thank you and I look forward to your reply.
Regards,
Victor
Hi, I'm assuming you will use WooCommerce to handle payments. It sounds like you'll also need at least these Toolset plugins:
- Toolset Types
- Toolset Views
- Toolset Forms
- Toolset Access
Access is the plugin that will help you configure restricted access to posts. Views is the plugin that will allow you to create lists of a User's posts. Forms is the plugin that will allow your Users to submit posts from the front-end of the site. Types is the plugin that allows you to create custom post types and/or custom taxonomies to organize these posts.
You may also consider these Toolset plugins optional:
- Toolset WooCommerce Views (optional if you want to design the Product pages for WooCommerce)
- Toolset Layouts (optional if you want a drag-and-drop design builder)
We have some documentation about Membership sites available here:
https://toolset.com/2018/01/introducing-the-new-membership-reference-site/
https://toolset.com/learn/create-membership-site-wordpress-using-toolset-plugins/
Thank you Christian for your reply.
Yes, I will be using Woocommerce to handle payments. But I might also look at using other membership plugins.
Please, just to be sure - are you saying that with Access, I can make it such that a registered user will be able to Create, Edit and Delete their own journal entries and ONLY THEM will be able to view their journal entries? Please answer this question explicitly because this is the crux of my entire project. Are you saying that I can successfully build my private journaling platform as described with Toolset?
Finally, just curious - will I not need a membership plugin for recurring membership payments / subscriptions? Does Access handle recurring subscriptions / payments?
Thanks and I look forward to your reply.
Please, just to be sure - are you saying that with Access, I can make it such that a registered user will be able to Create, Edit and Delete their own journal entries and ONLY THEM will be able to view their journal entries?
At a very general level, I'm saying this can be accomplished with Toolset. Site administrators and editors have access to all posts in the backend of the site. I think you should create a test site to see exactly how this can work within the WordPress framework.
WordPress has a "Private" post status that hides a post from everyone but its author on the front-end, and hides the post from everyone but the author and some site administrators on the backend. Access isn't required to use this post status. You can set up a Toolset Form that your Users will fill in to create posts in this Private status, and that post will not be shared publicly on the front-end of the site. Any other Users who try to load this post will see a 404 not found error.
