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Last updated by Luo Yang 3 years, 7 months ago.
Assisted by: Luo Yang.
Hi - I have a custom post type called Quick Links. I want one particular user (User A) to be able to create, edit and delete quick links. This user must otherwise remain a subscriber.
- I created a Toolset form to create new Quick Links (and gave User A access via Access).
- I created a Toolset Edit form to edit Quick links and set the access for User A following these instructions - https://toolset.com/course-lesson/controlling-access-to-front-end-forms/
- I added a delete link following these instructions - https://toolset.com/course-lesson/deleting-content-from-the-front-end/ and set access to User A.
Note - I set the access control in the Post Forms Front End Access but instead of giving a role access i gave it to the specific user (see screenshot user.png).
This all works perfectly, the issue is that User A can now only delete quick links she has created. There may be instances where for example one of the site admins has created a link in her absence and User A then needs to delete it at a later date. I see that you can enable the option "delete others post using Toolset forms" which on the surface would fix it. But my concern is does that then mean User A can delete any post where the delete link has been added. For example I will be creating a similar set up where a different user (User B) can create, edit and delete Jobs (using a custom post type called Jobs, a create and edit form etc). Will User A also be able to delete Jobs (Created by User B) if I enable the "delete others post using Toolset forms" option?
I want User A to be able to delete her own and others posts but ONLY of the post type Quick Links. Is this possible?
Thanks!
Hi Luo - sorry maybe i wasn't 100% clear. The settings work as expected (see screenshot for what I have done). I.e User A can now delete her own and others quick links.
What I'm unclear on is ...
1. To allow "User A" to EDIT her own and others "Quick links" I created an Edit Form and added "User A" to the "Edit Others/Own Custom Post with the Form "Edit TD Quick Link" columns.
This makes sense because I specifically created a form which allows her to edit this content type and no other. But there is no option to create a Delete form.
2. So instead I added this shortcode to the view [cred-delete-post action='trash' onsuccess='self' class='small-green']Delete[/cred-delete-post] this adds the delete link and then in Access selected the option "Delete Others / Own Posts using Toolset Forms" and added User A which allows her to see the delete link
What I'm concerned about is that I think this means User A can delete any content on the site where the [cred-delete-post action='trash' onsuccess='self' class='small-green']Delete[/cred-delete-post] has been added but I "ONLY" want her to be able to delete Quick Links.
So for example there is a Jobs posts content type which another user is able to create and delete using Toolset Forms and Access. Does this mean User A will also be able to delete the Jobs posts because "Delete Others / Own Posts using Toolset Forms" doesn't actually specify the content type.
Thanks!
