Support #7619
closedoutside users for a site that isn't a class?
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Description
Professor Feisal Mohamed (English fac at GC) writes:
For my "Executive Watch" site - https://execwatch.commons.gc.cuny.edu - I wanted to add non-CUNY authors. Is that possible in the Commons, or do I have to move the site to Wordpress? When I try to add a user, I get a screen saying that it has to be someone in this network.
I told him I'll have to look into policy for this. What do you think?
Updated by Matt Gold about 7 years ago
Generally, we are willing to allow people to create accounts for non-CUNY users when the involve less than 20 people. In this case, you might ask how many authors he expects to need to add; if it's just a few, no problem. If it's a much larger group, then yes, an alternate platform would be better. Though, of course, he could always post for others, the way that JITP and other sites do -- http://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu
Updated by Boone Gorges about 7 years ago
- Category name set to Membership
- Assignee set to Marilyn Weber
- Target version set to Not tracked
I'm happy to help with the technical details (either creating a non-CUNY signup code or generating the accounts manually) if we decide to go that route. Marilyn, please assign back to me if that time comes.
Updated by Marilyn Weber about 7 years ago
- Assignee changed from Marilyn Weber to Matt Gold
Feisal responds:
I certainly don’t expect to have more than 20 regular authors on “Executive Watch.” But Matt has not addressed HOW to add a few non-CUNY users. It might be nice to switch format to something like the JITP site, where posts look like articles. Which template is that?
Matt, what do you think about the how - codes or upon request via Boone?
Thanks!
Updated by Boone Gorges over 6 years ago
Is this still an issue? I generally don't handle the creation of non-CUNY signup codes - I think Matt does? - but I would create one for this case if it's still needed and if Matt signs off on it.