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Hi there guys, I've a question about the usage of user post/edit articles on NEWS 1.4.
I see that when a normal user (not webmaster) submits an article, only the Scoop textarea shows up, and all the other advanced controls are hidden from view. Thats nice but, if I let the users to edit their own post, on the edit screen all the other controls become visible, some of them (like the publish in home or expiration) not really suitable for a normal user.
Dunno if this is by design or a bug, but anyway this is not my real problem. The fact is that I want to let the users to write both the SCOOP text and the EXTENDED text. The only way seems to let them edit the post, but this way the users gets way too many controls that I don't want them to touch.
There is a way to proceed to baypass this?
About this, I think that an auto truncate system (scoop text truncated to N lines and the rest become extended text) can be a nice addition to the module.