bill_b Gravity Support Forums User Favorites: Bill_B en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-posts-as-testimonials-not-traditional-blog-posts#post-76819 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:41:33 +0000 Chris Hajer 76819@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>There is no default Testimonials menu on a WordPress installation. Is it possible that your framework includes a custom post type of testimonial? If that's the case, you can change the post type after the form is submitted using the gform_post_data filter: <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_post_data" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_post_data</a></p> <pre><code>add_filter(&quot;gform_post_data&quot;, &quot;update_post_type&quot;, 10, 2); function update_post_type($post_data, $form) { // maybe the custom post type is &#39;testimonial&#39;? $post_data[&quot;post_type&quot;] = &quot;testimonial&quot;; return $post_data; }</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-posts-as-testimonials-not-traditional-blog-posts#post-76523 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:47:51 +0000 mindspark 76523@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Good morning everyone. Probably a simple question, but I can't find a thread that helps me solve it on my own... here goes:</p> <p>I have built a nice testimonials form on a site, and have no problem creating new posts that display correctly on the site. However, the post data is stored as a POST. I would like to know if / how I can set the form (or create a new one) that stores post data as a TESTIMONIAL - and accessible when clicking on the default TESTIMONIALS menu item within the default Wordpress installation.</p> <p>In case you're wondering why - its driven by how I want to display the testimonials on my site. My Site My Way has a great framework and elegant styling for TESTIMONIALS which are handled differently than typical post data. I would like to take advantage of these elements (if possible), but need guidance on how to use GF to achieve the above.</p> <p>URL: <a href="http://mindsparkconsulting.com/clients/ut2/feedback/" rel="nofollow">http://mindsparkconsulting.com/clients/ut2/feedback/</a></p> <p>thanks in advance for your help! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-generated-content-testimonials#post-28088 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:14:47 +0000 jessalouisa 28088@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>OK It will take some learning, but this is really helpful. Thanks again for all your help. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-generated-content-testimonials#post-28085 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:03:50 +0000 Carl Hancock 28085@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Only Post Fields create Post Data. If your form mixes Post Fields and Standard/Advanced/Pricing Fields then only the Post Fields are going to create the WordPress Posts. All of the form data will be viewable when you view the form entries, but only Post Fields create Post data.</p> <p>Posts only consist of a Title, a Body and Custom Fields as far as Post data goes. If you want to display the value of other fields in your Post Body you can use the Content Template option on the Post Body field which lets you configure what gets saved in the Post Body and allows you to insert the value of other fields into the content of the post using the Content Template.</p> <p>You can also use Custom Fields to store additional Post data. However your theme template would have to be configured to then display these custom field values. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-generated-content-testimonials#post-28083 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:48:28 +0000 jessalouisa 28083@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Great - thanks for your help. Can you tell me, if I have some post fields (title, body, image) and other standard fields, will the standard fields (for example, a field with just name, or email) show up as part of the generated post? I'd like the name and the email entries to show up in generated post. Thank you ... </p> <p>jv </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-generated-content-testimonials#post-28070 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:11:44 +0000 Carl Hancock 28070@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>No this is not true.</p> <p>Gravity Forms can be used to create WordPress Posts by using the Post Fields in the form editor. The Post Fields create a Post. There are Post Fields for Title, Body, Excerpt, Custom Field, Category, Tags and Images.</p> <p>All you need to do to create a form that creates a WordPress post is to create a new form and add a Post Title and Post Body field to your form. Each of these have their own field options related to post creation. When the form is submitted with these fields present it will automatically create a Post.</p> <p>They are called Post Fields because they are used to create Posts.</p> <p>Documentation for the various field types, including the Post Fields can be found here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Form_Fields" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Form_Fields</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-generated-content-testimonials#post-28068 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:02:23 +0000 jessalouisa 28068@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi ... Is it true that I need an add-on to the Gravity form to be able to publish user generated content, like a testimonial? I'm not too familiar with developer lingo ... What is needed to be able to do this - publish user-generated testimonials to a designated wordpress post or page - in simple terms? Thanks!</p> <p>jv </p>