Question:
Is it possible to allow services to edit their own information when creating a service directory?
Product:
Wix Studio
What are you trying to achieve:
A client wants a service directory for their business but wants each service to be able to edit their own information so it’s kept up to date without as much admin from a central person. Do you know it possible to allow someone to edit their own information in this way but not have access to any other areas of a website? For example: A therapist is listed but their availability or phone number changes, can they do this themselves?
What have you already tried:
I’ve tried searching the help centres on Wix and Wix Studio and watched some tutorials. I wondered if you could use a members page but don’t know how the information would be available on the site.
Has anyone else got any experience building something like this?
yes this is possible. you need to create a cms to store all the data and then a form on the members page to change/update any of those details. May require a fair bit of coding depending on the amount and types of data.
You need to create a form on the page using input elements. When you connect it to the database collect that has the directory data —— make sure that the dataset connector is set to read and write.
Since they would not have been the original person to create the data, you will need to add a little bit of code so that you can match the email address of the person logged in with the email address of the line of data they are allowed to edit.
You can find plenty of tutorials on how to build a custom code form (NOT Wix Forms app).