techutopia
Total posts: 202
05 Sep 2014 01:45

Hi,

I have a business direcory, and I know that about 10-15% of the records are very out of date and the business is no longer active or trading.

What I would like is a 'report' button/link that anyone can click on to tell me that the business is "No longer trading" or "Doesn't exist anymore" etc. etc.

I would then like to have a list that I can look at and then delete records as appropriate.

Has anyone done this before or can help me and suggest the best way to do it in Cobalt.

Thanks,

Dale.

Last Modified: 09 Sep 2014


Sergey
Total posts: 13,748
08 Sep 2014 00:53

You can use email field. You can configure it that all emails are sent to you. Also you can set predifined subjests so user have options like

  • This business no longer exists
  • Information provided is not correct
  • This is my business

And hide body and all other field.

Actualy this case is one of those that the email field was created for.


pepperstreet VIP
Total posts: 3,837
08 Sep 2014 11:48

techutopia I would then like to have a list that I can look at and then delete records as appropriate.

This would require to "flag/mark" the record in question. Just some quick thoughts:

A.) Status field is nice, but doesn't help here out-of-the-box, since it could be changed by many users. Not once. Maybe a special Rating-template? Problem: How to generate a proper list...

B.) Re-post feature. User's repost the record admin's homepage only. Drawback: There is no subject/message to differentiate. Not sure how to restrict posts to admin's page.

C.) Comments: Do you already use comments with your records? Core or Type-as-Comments may replace an email. You would have a connection to the record and even a notification. This data could be used to create a kind of "list". Cobalt-Type-as-Comments can be stored in their own section/category, which gives a separate list.
Actually, this is even comparable to this Cobalt forum. The only difference: Answers/posts are visible to admins only.

D.) Relation fields: Add new child as a "flag". Maybe a good alternative, if you already have comments feature in use.

Sergey Actualy this case is one of those that the email field was created for.

@Sergey
Related question: Is there any connection between the email and the record? I mean, apart from the email... can I get the information where it was sent from? Maybe recordID# and/or record URL.


Sergey
Total posts: 13,748
09 Sep 2014 01:50

There is record ID and URL in email.

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