Can someone explain how you get the email back once you've accidentally lost it? Auto-saving a post every so often wouldn't be difficult, it wouldn't even need to be AJAX. But actually managing the saved post...that's rather more tricky.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
I'd like to claim this one for my own, I'm actively working on it. Just a few small problems to overcome...
Edit: Large problems, heh.
What do you mean it would be difficult to manage it? I think it is quite the contrary.
I have actually setup something very similar to this on my site already using no plugins/hacks at all.
I just made a forum called "Drafts" which a user can post into. I setup the permissions so that the user can only see his own threads/posts. Then I gave the user the permissions to delete or move their own threads. I also shut of the search indexing for that forum.
It has worked out really well and a lot of my users use it and comment on how much they like it and ask me what the plugin I used it called lol. The only thing it doesn't do is auto-save the posts- that is that part that needs a plugin.
As for keeping the mod clean and simple, if it were me I would have the plugin create a forum which is not visible and just use permissions to setup the forum like I explained. Then you could add a link in the User CP or even a popup link in the new thread template that would display the contents of that hidden drafts forum. The user would only see their own posts and threads so to the end user it would be a seemless method.
It's a place to start anyways, I'd love to code it but my focus is on a much larger project right now. If you want to see how I set up the drafts forum like I explain, my site is http://forums.theoverclocked.com
Good luck, I can't wait to see how it turns out. If you get stuck and need some help feel free to shoot me a PM
03-07-2007, 07:35 PM
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