Reply from Peter: There isn’t an easy setting for this yet, but you could add a conditional at the bottom of the plugin where the general notes widget is loaded, such as with:

$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
if( !in_array( 'subscriber', $current_user->roles ) )
{
    add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', 'ppn_add_dashboard_general' );
}

I might also suggest revising the the WP description – this plugin is great but it was not so easy to find – I think a ton of people would love to use this if they. Perhaps something like:

"Add a notes field on the "edit post" and "edit page" screens’ sidebars in WordPress 2.8 and up. Great way for website collaborators to share notes from within the WordPress dashboard area."

Reply from Peter: Thanks for the suggestions!

Would you consider on the collaboration notes to give admin access to change the number of posts displayed on the dashboard, AND an option to have notes for X days displayed?

Doing this in the dashboard/db would keep changes after a plugin update, and when you have a pretty active site or PHASE of the site (we’re doing a big redesign right now) then you have LOTS of notes, but later we’ll only have a few so we’d want to change it back.

The ‘cherry on top’ would be to have this per user!

Thank you for considering this.
Jason

Reply from Peter: Thanks for the suggestion, although I won’t have much (or any) time in the short-term to work on the plugin. It’s true that I should keep as few options as possible in the plugin file itself. Code contributions are always welcome!

I’ve been meaning to leave you a message and see if you wanted to put something like that in. At some point, I just wanted to merge my version with your version.

Ron

Reply from Peter: Sure, if you can send me your code I’ll look at integrating it and giving you proper credit. Thanks!

Can you explain exactly how and where this is done?

Will you be adding a settings interface for this at some point?

Thanks,
Michael

Reply from Peter: If you edit the plugin file itself, you should see a settings area near the top of the file. Near the bottom of the settings are is a comment “List of post types on which the post notes should be enabled” with two post types defined below it for “post” and “page”. You can create another line below that, using the same syntax, to define other post types that should have the notes interface on them. There are no short-term plans to move those settings into the WordPress admin interface, but that is certainly a good idea!

I´m using a theme with a front end submit form. I would like to show the notes on the front end, and I have no need for any others to post notes, just me giving advice on user submitted articles.

Is that possible?

Thanks

André

Reply from Peter: That is certainly possible, although you’d have to do quite a bit of work and use the relevant code from the ppn_dashboard() or ppn_meta_contents() functions.

This way, wordpress.org can automatically parse that and present it to administrators in an easy way. Thanks in advance.

Reply from Peter: Thanks. The changelog is implemented in the readme file now.

Reply from Peter: Look for the settings $ppn_super_roles[] and $ppn_superedit_roles[] near the top of the plugin file. The inline examples show how to let the administrator role view and edit all notes.