Group blog, but only one person has access to control panel?

[Robin]

Is this possible?

What I would like is to be able to post articles with different author names, but I don't want to allow any other users to access the control panel, and I also don't want to create a bunch of fake users and log in and out to change the author name that is displayed with each article.

I just want to be able to post articles as usual, and somehow, to sometimes display a different author name.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

[john]

This is not possible, the only way to post as another user is to actually login as another user...

[Robin]

John, Thank you, as always, for the rapid reply.

One more related question:

Can I make the author name be the "first name" rather than the "display name"? I assume I can (possibly) do so by changing this line in the article & category templates:

"<a href="javascript:openWindow('{{view_user_url}}', 'info', 450, 600);">{{var name=author escape=html}}</a>"

but not sure what to change. (Adding:) Also, if possible, I would prefer that the author name just appear as text, and not a link.

If this should be a separate post, just let me know and I'll move it.

[john]

Can I make the author name be the "first name" rather than the "display name"? I assume I can (possibly) do so by changing this line in the article & category templates:

Uhnfortunately no, this is not possible. The author variable corresponds to the Disaply Name, and no other author name variables are available to you in the templates.

Also, if possible, I would prefer that the author name just appear as text, and not a link.

In this case, you should change the code you noted here:

[Robin]

Thanks John.

[biggerfish]

[Robin]

Rich,

Thank you so much, that is a big help. I will get working on this over the weekend, and will be post again here if I can't get it right.

[biggerfish]

Glad to help. Another thing I forgot to mention: I use an external editor to publish posts. It's very easy to post with Account A or Account B at will, just by writing the post, and selecting the correct account to post "from" -

I use MarsEdit on a Mac, it does a fine job, if you're on a PC I'm sure there are tons of options.
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norwalk, ct usa

[Robin]

Again, thanks, everything is set up and working perfectly!

[biggerfish]

Goody! Please post again if you run into trouble down the line...
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rich graham
www.biggerfish.biz
norwalk, ct usa