Is there a way of passing the "username" and "password" for the "guest author" (i.e., the visitor) as a hidden form variable or as a URL string--from the MT Bookmarklet? The bookmarklet template itself could be modified to exclude the Post Status drop-down menu (how?), and the blog could be set up to default to "Draft," so that the guest author would only be able to submit a draft. The guest author would also be given permission only for posting, but no other permissions. They wouldn't be able to edit the posts or change it from "Draft" to "Publish."

But then how would you keep the guest author from actually loging onto the MT console? They should have access to the blog only via the special Bookmarklet.

Brad, I think it's a great idea, and would love to see a solution one day.

I recently posted on the forum about something like this.

I am making a site which is based around interactivity. I want people to be able to post reviews, articles, stuff like that.

After searching for something that could accomplish this task, I had no luck. I was just going to do this with comments. However, I wanted something that could be screened for junk and could be commented on itself.

I really need something like this, I really hope you're inspired to work on this so that I can use it! heh. It's a great idea I think alot of people would take advantage.

I've been meaning to create this for months - hopefully someone else will get there first...

(btw, comment previews are broken)

I came up with this. I am waiting for Ben to implement email posting. Then I will set up a form that uses a simple cgimail to always post as guest. I'll put the form on the site, and that'll be that. Of course I need to wait for Ben. There is probably a pretty easy way to use the MT API to make a form that does the posting directly, but I don't see how you could prevent users from logging into the control panel.

I had a guest account set up for a few days, username "guest", password "guest" kind of thing. I encouraged people to log in that way. Then, when a good friend figured out a way to go in and edit previous posts and change authors and stuff, I disabled it. Therefore, I do not trust the MT control panel security.