I want to let users add notes to my blog posts, but I want to keep the notes separated from posts. What I mean is to have something like comments.
Is it possible when a user writes a comment that I ask him about the type of his comments? For example is it just a comment or is it something that is not mentioned in the post.
Is there any plugins or sample code to do this?
Note: There are plugins that allow to add footnotes to a post but they do not let users add notes to the post.
1 Answer
There are number of possibilities here:
1- Giving users the ability to edit posts and add notes. This is not something you want to do. As it might create many issues for you. However, you can use a Wiki plugin if you want to pursue this option.
2- Enabling notes through comments. This is a better option. You can handle user comments and ask whether he wants to add it as a comment or a note to be added to the post. You need to modify WordPress code and develop your own code as well.
3- Using footnotes plugin as notes system. You can use any of the plugins available for footnotes and possibly customize it yo use it a notes system. This plugin seems to be good. It displays the footnote inside the text. You can modify the plugin code to display a note instead of a footnote.