[Dubbel F]

I’m using Buddypress for my site http://www.nieuwpaspoort.nl, for which I use the suffusion theme. I would like to give members the possibility to publish posts, but I would like to keep them from the index page, because that has to be reserved for official posts from the editors. I will create a menu tab (for example ‘blogs’) to view the members’ posts.

How could I do that? I think the easiest way is to make sure that ‘contibutors’ can just post in their own category, for example ‘blog’. And secondly, to exclude this category from the index page. Can anyone help me in doing both things?

Or is there an other way to give members their own blog which is not mixed with the editors’ blog?

[Roger Coathup]

@dubbelf –

Yes, members can have their own blog – it’s a standard feature of a WordPress Multisite install.

Follow the instructions here to set up Multisite: https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

Then check everything works, including custom permalinks.

Install BuddyPress (automatic plugin install)

And, hey, you will have an admin blog, and separate blogs enabled for members

[Dubbel F]

Thanks. Looks good, but quite technical. Hm. Wouldn’t it be easier just to give members permissions for one category? Then I can channel their contributions to the right place in my site (i.e. behind a tab).

[Roger Coathup]

@dubbelf – it’s no more technical than modifying your theme loops to exclude posts from various categories, and certainly less technical than restricting certain authors to specific categories.

At this stage the questions you are asking are not really BuddyPress support specific, more general WordPress considerations.

If you want someone to build / enhance your site for you, you can advertise on the Jobs Board: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-jobs-board/

If you are going to modify the site yourself, you will have to get technical (PHP, HTML and some base WordPress theming knowledge).