We have a website based on WordPress. (Duh). And try to keep it secure. We definitely do not want to let a bunch of people gain access.
Part of the site is a customer facing page of links. And ideally, we would put a status message on said page, during times of inclement weather.
The challenge is how to enable “power users” the ability to update said message, without giving them access to the WordPress back end.
In the past, we have had a webpage pull in text from a text file. Users could edit the text file, but not the webpages directly. I am wondering about something similar. Perhaps a text file in some secure location – like Sharepoint – which they could then update with relative verbiage.
Is their a way to include the content of a file within sharepoint, as text on a WordPress page? or does anyone else have any creative ideas?
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There’s a bunch of different ways to do this.
1. Use WP. The “Author” user role gives users access to pages/posts that they create, and nothing else.
2. Create a form on the frontend website that only certain users can access, that updates the post in question – requires custom dev.
3. Use the text file method you mentioned – files can be uploaded file SFTP or access via an API.
4. Use WP All Import to regularly access (e.g. hourly) and import content from somewhere/something.