I’ve just begun working on a semi-unique project that I wanted to throw out to you guys in case there’s a solution already floating around. What I’m trying to create is a log book for physics students and faculty to use to document their their laboratory experiments, and the instructor needs to be able to view, edit, and verify the entries. Pretty simple so far. The kicker is that after reviewing the entry, the instructor needs to be able to “notarize” the entry, which means that it must be locked down and un-editable, including (for legal reasons) even the instructor.
As I mentioned, I just started working on this so I haven’t really thought it through entirely. Here are the avenues of investigation I’ve considered without having any clue if they’re even possible (please note I am not a php developer).
- There’s a plugin that adds a lock feature (a cursory glance around devot:ee didn’t reveal one).
- When notarized, the entries could be moved to a different channel that the instructor doesn’t have access to edit.
- When notarized, the entries could be written out to a PDF, so the notarized list could be a directory listing (is there a way to list a directory in EE?).
- When notarized, the entries could be written out to a flat HTML file and incorporated more directly into the site from the file system.
If there’s a better idea or you guys know of add ons that would make one of these work, I’d appreciate the help. Thanks.