https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works Gravity Support Forums Topic: How displaying the data entered by form users works en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:24:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-72474 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:28:19 +0000 iphoenix 72474@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>a custom display/edit feature would be beneficial. Probably only available if the form gets created as a post/pagge/custom post type first. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-71563 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:08:36 +0000 debradager 71563@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I agree this sounds fantastic, just what I am looking for. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-62209 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:55:38 +0000 felicity 62209@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Carl,</p> <p>The new functionality for displaying/editing and updating entries on the front end sounds fantastic! Do you have any expected time frames for when we might see some of this functionality released?</p> <p>Thanks! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-45098 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:49:48 +0000 Carl Hancock 45098@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>1. Currently the role management capabilities of Gravity Forms is not granular enough to support allowing a user to see and edit only forms they submitted. </p> <p>When we implement functionality to display AND edit entry data on the front end of your site we will also be implementing the ability to allow users to only view and edit entries they created. </p> <p>You can actually do this now using the 3rd party Gravity Forms Directory Add-On found here:</p> <p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-addons/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-addons/</a></p> <p>2) You can configure Gravity Forms Post Fields so that the Post Author is set to the user id of the user that submits the form IF they are logged in. At that point their user id will be used as the author for the post that is created.</p> <p>Posts created with Gravity Forms aren't edited in Gravity Forms. The Posts that are created are edited in WordPress just like any other post. You go to Posts and then edit the post you want to edit... which may or may not be a post created via a Gravity Form submission.</p> <p>So if you want to allow the user to see and edit only the posts they submitted you can do that now using existing WordPress roles. Assign the user a role that gives them access to view and edit their posts in the WordPress Dashboard and this would allow them to do what you described.</p> <p>If you are referring to allowing them to do this on the front end of your site and not the Dashboard, this isn't something Gravity Forms currently does as you know but this is also functionality that we plan on introducing when we implement the front end data display and editing/update capabilities. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-45092 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:32:16 +0000 Chris Hajer 45092@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@signy - There is no plugin I know of that will restrict viewing of entries to only the person who submitted it. The permissions in Gravity Forms are not that granular. You could create some custom code to restrict access to entries like that, but it's not built in.</p> <p>For posts, you can restrict access to the posts created by Gravity Forms just like you would restrict access to any other post. I believe you can mark those posts private and then they are visible only to the author and other admins and editors in the site. That is WordPress functionality and you can create a post and make it private using Gravity Forms. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-45074 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:40:39 +0000 signy 45074@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I would like this functionality as well. Several follow-up questions:</p> <p>1. Gravity Forms -- Would you be able to use plugins such as Role Scoper/Capability Manager to allow a user to see and edit only the forms that user submitted?</p> <p>2. Gravity Forms as Custom Post -- If we use the Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types plugin (<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-custom-post-types/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-custom-post-types/</a>) so that form entries are posts, can you use the Role Scoper/Capability Manager plugins to allow a user to see and edit only the posts that user submitted?</p> <p>Thanks. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-43557 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:15:31 +0000 David Smith 43557@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Mitch,</p> <blockquote><p>Yes. They would only be able to view/update the entries which they created. </p></blockquote> <p>Currently there is no way to accomplish this; however, we will look at adding functionality and capabilities to support this in the future. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-43527 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:12:55 +0000 Chris Hajer 43527@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>The creation of posts is not done from the admin. That is configured when you create your form. When the form is submitted, a post can be created. That functionality is all in the demo.</p> <p>You can learn about managing the entries here:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityforms.com/features/entry-management/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityforms.com/features/entry-management/</a></p> <p>If you have specific questions, please let us know. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-43525 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:01:10 +0000 CFKane 43525@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Is there anyplace to view a screenshot or demo of the Gravity Form admin section? I'd like to see the options to view the form entries and/or see how Gravity Form can create a post. </p> <p>The current demo only allows us to create a form. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-displaying-the-data-entered-by-form-users-works#post-43512 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:41:25 +0000 Mitch Goldstein 43512@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi David,</p> <p>Yes. They would only be able to view/update the entries which they created. </p>