The Internet brings together people from many different genres, cultures, and interesting places. Online, you can have conversations with people who live and work in different time zones, allowing you to maximize your personal contacts and business dealings.
The WordPress software is a great tool for webmasters, writers, and bloggers to enhance the look and functionality of websites. WordPress offers two plug-ins that are ideal for collaboration and discussion for those who are in different places, tele-work, or have limited access to Internet connectivity at sporadic times. The plug-ins work well for note-taking and keeping all interested parties on a project abreast of developments and changes. They are also compatible with any type of computer applications, from Apple tablets to laptops to HP desktop computers.
- Peter’s Post Notes
Peter’s Post Notes is one of the optimal WordPress plug-ins used for issue collaboration and discussion. The plug-in allows you to add notes, edit them, and edit the pages screen on the sidebar in the tool. This feature is available on versions of WordPress that are 2.8 and up. In this feature, the user also has the capability to send the sidebar notes along with any emails. You can use the settings to send notes that are in the collaboration workflow. You can set the plug-in so the notes system on the dashboard is available for general or private viewing. This security feature works well for large workgroups or for information that is confidential among the group. You can use the plug-in for brainstorming among the group and creative thinking dialogue between members.
In the summary on the dashboard of the WordPress plug-in, it shows a summation of notes and collaborative markings from the participants. You can convert this information into a discussion panel for team building or use it to compile information for another note-taking session.
- Peter’s Collaboration Emails 1.2 and Up
This comprehensive plug-in enables you to send automatic emails to the pertinent users of a project at various post-status transitions. This includes post information like pending posts, posts tagged for approval, or scheduled posts. You can use it when posts are in the pending-, draft-, rejected-, or approved-status.
In using this plug-in, you can email a list of approved statuses to the owner letting him know when a post is ready for review/acceptance once a contributor submits an article or a post for submission. The plug-in provides a link to the post, which allows the owner to edit the post as necessary.
After approval, the post contributor receives an email stating who approved her post and whether the company published the item. If an editor approved the item, there will be a link that will take the poster directly to the page. The plug-in can notify the author with a date and time for publication if the article is not live on the site. When it goes live, the author will get another indicator email with the new link. When you use this plug-in with versions of WordPress 2.7 and higher, users have the option to leave notes that accompany the emails for each step in the project’s workflow.
