[wp-hackers] Custom Role and Custom Post Types

[SWORD Studios]

Thank you Steve.

Comments by Jesse Friedman
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On Feb 13, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Steve Taylor <steve at sltaylor.co.uk> wrote:

> Jesse,
>
> You probably need to pay attention to the capabilities-related
> argument of register_post_type:
>
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type#Arguments
>
> I don't know how you're creating the new role - I used Justin
> Tadlock's Members plugin, which also allows customization of the
> role's capabilities. In tandem with the above arguments, I've been
> able to do this kind of thing.
>
> As for creating the new post on registration, yeah, I think you're on
> the right track with the new registration hook.
>
> cheers,
>
> Steve Taylor
>
> On 13 February 2011 13:42, SWORD Studios <info at swordstudios.net> wrote:
>> Thanks in advance for any help I get with this.
>>
>> I've defined a new role in wordpress called Designer.
>> I've create a custom post type called Profile.
>>
>> Designer needs to have 1 ability and that's to edit a Profile post.
>>
>> I need to accomplish the following
>>
>>   - Create a custom Role called "Designer" - DONE
>>   - I need to limit the capabilities of the Designer to ONLY edit their
>>   Profile post.  I do not want them to be able to "Add Posts" of any type
>>   because each Designer is only allowed one Profile Post
>>   - On registration of a "designer" a custom post "Profile" is created and
>>   published automatically with the new Designer set as the author
>>   - The title of this new Profile will be the name of the Designer set by
>>   the designer upon registration
>>
>>
>> Problems I'm having
>>
>>   - It's easy enough to limit the capabilities of the new role to only
>>   "edit posts" but that actually gives them access to the entire "Posts" admin
>>   panel which include "add new"
>>   - How do I define that they can ONLY edit a Custom Post Type rather than
>>   a simple Post
>>   - How do I auto create a custom post type upon registration of a new
>>   user? I figure I can grab the hook that is used for a new user registration
>>   and just add the post to the database manually.  If this is the best way of
>>   doing it, I can don't need help with this.
>>
>> Jesse Friedman
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