Read-Only Pebble account access for a Members-Only blog scenario?

Are there any Pebble features which could be used to create
a members-only blog?

Ideally, what might be nice is a read-only access feature
which would
be extended to all current user types (admin, owner,
publisher and
contributor), and meanwhile, a new user type would also be
introduced
called "member".  The only privileges allowed for
the member user
would be read access to the blog material as well as the
ability to
post comments, use track-backs, and link RSS/Atom feeds to
the blog.

A member user would need to be set up and administered
slightly
differently than other users in that a member user should
not be able
to change the member password because this would allow one
member to
lock out all other members.  A password "setting"
feature (as opposed
to the usual password "resetting" feature) could
instead be provided
to allow the admin to set a new [specific] password for the
member
account.

The member account could be used by a potentially large
number of
people without the burden involved in administering a large
number of
users; think of an online classroom situation where a member
account
could be used by the students of the class, but those who do
not have
any sort of account would not be able to view or participate
in the
class.

Is there any sort of way currently, or are there any plans
to add this
sort of feature in Pebble?  If not, then would you have any
sort of
advice on how best to go about implementing this feature in
Pebble?

Thanks

David McLure

p.s. I would add that a password "setting" feature
might actually be a
nice feature to have for all account types, as I typically
find myself
needing to log out and log back in as the new user to change
their
default password to something more secure than simply
"password" after
adding a new user.

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Hi David,

So in summary you are asking for two features...

(1) read-only access to blogs for blog "members"
(2) the ability to set a password to something specific

I think (1) is covered in the new release (see
http://www.simongbrown.com/blog/2007/04/11/private_
blogs.html for a
basic rundown) and (2) is pretty straightforward (I'll try
to get this
in the 2.1 final release this week).

Does that cover everything?

Cheers
Simon

On 5/12/07, David McLure <davidmclures.net> wrote:
> Are there any Pebble features which could be used to
create a members-only blog?
>
> Ideally, what might be nice is a read-only access
feature which would
> be extended to all current user types (admin, owner,
publisher and
> contributor), and meanwhile, a new user type would also
be introduced
> called "member".  The only privileges allowed
for the member user
> would be read access to the blog material as well as
the ability to
> post comments, use track-backs, and link RSS/Atom feeds
to the blog.
>
> A member user would need to be set up and administered
slightly
> differently than other users in that a member user
should not be able
> to change the member password because this would allow
one member to
> lock out all other members.  A password
"setting" feature (as opposed
> to the usual password "resetting" feature)
could instead be provided
> to allow the admin to set a new [specific] password for
the member
> account.
>
> The member account could be used by a potentially large
number of
> people without the burden involved in administering a
large number of
> users; think of an online classroom situation where a
member account
> could be used by the students of the class, but those
who do not have
> any sort of account would not be able to view or
participate in the
> class.
>
> Is there any sort of way currently, or are there any
plans to add this
> sort of feature in Pebble?  If not, then would you have
any sort of
> advice on how best to go about implementing this
feature in Pebble?
>
> Thanks
>
> David McLure
>
> p.s. I would add that a password "setting"
feature might actually be a
> nice feature to have for all account types, as I
typically find myself
> needing to log out and log back in as the new user to
change their
> default password to something more secure than simply
"password" after
> adding a new user.
>
>
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The changes to allow passwords to be explicitly specified
have been
committed. 

On 5/12/07, Simon Brown <simongbrowngmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> So in summary you are asking for two features...
>
> (1) read-only access to blogs for blog
"members"
> (2) the ability to set a password to something
specific
>
> I think (1) is covered in the new release (see
> http://www.simongbrown.com/blog/2007/04/11/private_
blogs.html for a
> basic rundown) and (2) is pretty straightforward (I'll
try to get this
> in the 2.1 final release this week).
>
> Does that cover everything?
>
> Cheers
> Simon
>
> On 5/12/07, David McLure <davidmclures.net> wrote:
> > Are there any Pebble features which could be used
to create a members-only blog?
> >
> > Ideally, what might be nice is a read-only access
feature which would
> > be extended to all current user types (admin,
owner, publisher and
> > contributor), and meanwhile, a new user type would
also be introduced
> > called "member".  The only privileges
allowed for the member user
> > would be read access to the blog material as well
as the ability to
> > post comments, use track-backs, and link RSS/Atom
feeds to the blog.
> >
> > A member user would need to be set up and
administered slightly
> > differently than other users in that a member user
should not be able
> > to change the member password because this would
allow one member to
> > lock out all other members.  A password
"setting" feature (as opposed
> > to the usual password "resetting"
feature) could instead be provided
> > to allow the admin to set a new [specific]
password for the member
> > account.
> >
> > The member account could be used by a potentially
large number of
> > people without the burden involved in
administering a large number of
> > users; think of an online classroom situation
where a member account
> > could be used by the students of the class, but
those who do not have
> > any sort of account would not be able to view or
participate in the
> > class.
> >
> > Is there any sort of way currently, or are there
any plans to add this
> > sort of feature in Pebble?  If not, then would you
have any sort of
> > advice on how best to go about implementing this
feature in Pebble?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > David McLure
> >
> > p.s. I would add that a password
"setting" feature might actually be a
> > nice feature to have for all account types, as I
typically find myself
> > needing to log out and log back in as the new user
to change their
> > default password to something more secure than
simply "password" after
> > adding a new user.
> >
> >
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