Gravity Support Forums Topic: Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??

Gravity Support Forums Topic: Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template?? https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template Gravity Support Forums Topic: Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template?? en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:55:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php WebEndev on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28334 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:25:21 +0000 WebEndev 28334@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ MANY thanks to Travis and Norcross on this solution! Hat's off to you both! Travis on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28332 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:51:41 +0000 Travis 28332@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Yes, Norcross you are correct (almost). The wpautop needed to be added to the backend when $meta was being called back into the wysiwyg. I have made this revision in a github fork. <a href="https://github.com/wpsmith/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress/commit/ab540f0a9ba24d966428774c70f1e828e2926480" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/wpsmith/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress/commit/ab540f0a9ba24d966428774c70f1e828e2926480</a> Carl, there is nothing that needs to be done in GF. WebEndev on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28315 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:59:55 +0000 WebEndev 28315@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Hi Norcross, On the backend, I do indeed have a WYSYWYG box (tried creating two different methods - (1) <a href="https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress</a>, and (2) Custom Field Template plugin) for each of the Gravity Forms 'Paragraph Text' type custom fields. Both methods do not bring the paragraph breaks into the wysiwyg editor field in the post edit screen. It is brought in as one large paragraph. Apparently both of these methods are handling the paragraph data incorrectly, as it looks fine in postmeta. norcross on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28232 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:46:13 +0000 norcross 28232@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ If you are wanting the stored text to display on the front end, you need to add the wpautop function on the return. if its on the back end, you need to use the WYSIWYG box and not the textarea. Carl Hancock on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28182 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:40:48 +0000 Carl Hancock 28182@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ I don't have a solution. The line breaks are being stored in the custom field. You can see this by viewing the custom field data itself using the Custom Field editor when editing a Post. Here was a screenshot of an example: <a href="http://grab.by/anDj" rel="nofollow">http://grab.by/anDj</a> So the data has the line breaks and the WordPress custom field editor reflects them. So the issue is going to be with how the plugin and code you are using is pulling in the data. It's not carrying over the line breaks. I'm not familiar enough with their code to know why. You may want to discuss this with the plugin author of that plugin or whoever created the code snippet. WebEndev on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28181 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:22:00 +0000 WebEndev 28181@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Hi Carl and Alex, As I have said in my last post, I am getting the issue of losing paragraphs with both the Custom Field Template plugin, and also <a href="https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress</a> code. Surely there are many people that bring in paragraph text type fields into a post in pending status, and then want to edit the post fields in a rich text editor? What solution do you suggest for this? Thanks! WebEndev on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28087 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:33:11 +0000 WebEndev 28087@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Carl and Alex, It is indeed how the data is loaded into the rich text editor. BUT - I ran another test to determine if it was the <a href="https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress</a> code I was using. So I removed the meta box add for this field from the functions file. I then installed the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-field-template/" rel="nofollow">Custom Field Template</a> plugin, and created the paragraph text custom field using the plugin. The test post shows the data in multiple paragraphs in postmeta, and looking at it in the standard WP custom fields display in the edit post screen. Looks good in both. But looking at the data in the meta box created by the Custom Field Template plugin, and - back to one paragraph... So is it possible that the Custom Field Template plugin AND the <a href="https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress</a> code BOTH create the text editor box in the SAME way? Coincidence, or another problem? I don't know.... Still looking at it... any words of wisdom are very much appreciated! WebEndev on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28080 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:31:30 +0000 WebEndev 28080@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Hi Carl, I am using this <a href="https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jaredatch/Custom-Metaboxes-and-Fields-for-WordPress</a> to generate the meta boxes for the custom post type. I am registering the custom post type in functions.php, without the use of any plugin. That may very well be the cause. Let me play with that and see where I get with it. I will get back to you. Thanks much, Bruce Carl Hancock on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28077 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:20:08 +0000 Carl Hancock 28077@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ @WebDendev It looks like you are using something custom to display the custom field, which doesn't usually display in a rich text editor. It is probably related to how it loads the custom field data into the rich text editor. When I tested I just tested with the built in Custom Field interface on the Post Editor. WebEndev on "Paragraph Type Custom Fields and Create Content Template??" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paragraph-type-custom-fields-and-create-content-template#post-28076 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:19:19 +0000 WebEndev 28076@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Alex - I'm on localhost dev on this site. I will upload it so you can see it, but it will take a bit. Thanks for your help