https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/new-user-question-file-upload-and-posts Gravity Support Forums Topic: New user question: File upload and posts en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:52:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/new-user-question-file-upload-and-posts#post-191874 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:41:28 +0000 Chris Hajer 191874@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thank you for the update. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/new-user-question-file-upload-and-posts#post-186603 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:43:56 +0000 balougravity 186603@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks David! I think I got it :-)</p> <p>And this the result: <a href="http://www.wp11148787.server-he.de/test-12/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wp11148787.server-he.de/test-12/</a></p> <p>Your product truly ROCKS!</p> <p>Rainer </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/new-user-question-file-upload-and-posts#post-186593 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:28:00 +0000 David Peralty 186593@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Right, so you need to wrap the merge tag with HTML for embedding the MP3 in a way that it triggers your media player. You'll want to look that up as you are really close to getting it to work. All my best! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/new-user-question-file-upload-and-posts#post-186578 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:06:38 +0000 balougravity 186578@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This is what I did so far:<br /> 1) I use a custom field, field type "file upload"<br /> 2) In post body I use "Create content template" and select: {Post Custom Field:5}<br /> 3) The post appears in the blog but the file (a mp3 file) ist not attached/embedded (which would trigger the audio player to be visible but it shows the path to the file as text:</p> <p> (<a href="http://www.wp11148787.server-he.de/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/3-919fe02b414d6f40d7803abfb4b0eae5/2013/03/genuflect1.mp3" rel="nofollow">http://www.wp11148787.server-he.de/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/3-919fe02b414d6f40d7803abfb4b0eae5/2013/03/genuflect1.mp3</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/new-user-question-file-upload-and-posts#post-185648 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:48:08 +0000 David Peralty 185648@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>How are you attaching the song to the post? Are you using a custom field? Are you writing a function? Are you using Post Templates? I would need more information on how you are connecting the file upload to your blog post. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/new-user-question-file-upload-and-posts#post-185591 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:40:41 +0000 balougravity 185591@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>1) On my site (for musicians) I renamed my blog page to "Songs for review"<br /> 2) I created a form where users (logged in only) can write a short text and upload a song (=mp3 file)<br /> 3) This should be posted on the blog (see step 1) so other users could listen to the song and give a 5 star rating</p> <p>Problem:<br /> The posting does appear (title and comment) but the mp3 is not visible....hence the audio player is not visible either....</p> <p>Any ideas? </p>