Crowdsourcing – online database in WordPress 28 Sep 201128 Sep 2011 Hi everyone. I have an idea: to set up a database of aphorisms by philosophers to which everyone can contribute, but which I will approve before it shows, and which everyone can search. Each record must include the bibliographical details and be by a recognised philosopher or historically important source for philosophers like Aquinas. It must also get tags that match the PhilPapers categories. How can I do this using WordPress? I can’t find a plugin that will enable me to do this without having to handle the database directly, which I don’t want to do. Surely somebody has made a plugin that does this? Suggestions? Administrative Philosophy
Biology Zimmer's evolving blog post on X-woman 28 Mar 2010 Carl Zimmer has a continually updated blog post on the mtDNA of “X-Woman”, which is being informed by his readers and experts. It’s a useful antidote to hasty and inaccurate reportage in the MSM, done well by a very good journalist. Read More
Philosophy My Absent Career 1: The end of an error 6 Dec 20221 Jan 2023 So this month ends my likely last teaching contract. For the past two decades I have been sporadically teaching, first at Melbourne, then Queensland, then Sydney, Bond [the less said about that the better], UNSW and back to Melbourne. But I never got a permanent position, and age, I think,… Read More
Epistemology Is physicalism an impoverished metaphysics? 6 Oct 20146 Oct 2014 Every so often, we read about some philosopher or other form of public intellectual who makes the claim that a physicalist ontology – a world view in which only things that can be described in terms of physics are said to exist – is impoverished. That is, there are things… Read More
Aquinas was a theologian who did philosophy (like most theologians of his time). A philosopher is someone whose arguments lead where they lead. A theologian is someone who cannot end up at some heretical points. There are those, like Origen, who straddled the divide. They often ended up medium rare.
You’re describing the comments database. If this comment gets approved, then I must be a recognized philosopher.
You read ET – was there any doubt? The problem with that is twofold: searchability and the need for a different post for each author. Maybe I should set up a new blog, just for that purpose?
You read ET – was there any doubt? I read ET, so unless you want to terminally insult your philosophical colleagues, I sincerely hope so.
I agree with Gregg; this seems to be an ideal use-case for custom post types. Custom post types are available to plugin/theme authors to provide posts other than the standard ‘blog post’ or ‘page’ types WordPress uses. So that’s the bad news: it’s typically a job for someone who wants to get their hands dirty with PHP. The good news: adding the specific keywords ‘custom post types’ to your search of the WordPress plugins directory will probably help you find what you need much faster. For example, there’s this, which I found fairly quickly; I haven’t dug very deep.