https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template Gravity Support Forums Topic: Selecting a specific post template en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:44:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1516 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:42 +0000 Alex Cancado 1516@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Nice! I am glad to hear it worked for you. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1514 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:20:11 +0000 RichardBest 1514@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Brilliant. Thanks Alex. I've now got this working. It, together with the custom fields functionality in v 1.3, brings super power to Gravity Forms! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1507 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:43:17 +0000 Alex Cancado 1507@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sorry Richard. You type the template file name in the "Default Value" field.<br /> The reason this works is because the Post Template plugin by Nathan Rice associates a post with a template via a custom field. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1503 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:58:08 +0000 RichardBest 1503@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Alex</p> <p>I tried this with the beta version of 1.3 but couldn't get it to work. At step 4, into which field in the Advanced Tab do you type the name of the post template you wish to use?</p> <p>Many thanks<br /> Richard </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1502 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:35:32 +0000 RichardBest 1502@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Holy crap. Thanks Alex. Will try that out tonight. How is it, incidentally, that utilising a post custom field can result in using a custom post template?? Didn't know that was possible. In any event, I look forward to testing this tonight.</p> <p>Cheers<br /> Richard </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1498 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:01:42 +0000 Alex Cancado 1498@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Richard,<br /> I just realized that you will be able to do this without having to write any code in 1.3, which we will release tomorrow (Monday). After upgrading to 1.3, you will need to do the following.<br /> 1- Add a "Post Custom Field" field to the form.<br /> 2- Set the Field Type to "Hidden"<br /> 3- Choose "New" for "Custom Field Name" and type "_wp_post_template"<br /> 4- In the Advanced Tab, type the file name for the template you would like to use. (i.e. template1.php) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1493 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:09:34 +0000 RichardBest 1493@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks Alex. What I'm hoping to be able to achieve is a situation where I can choose different post templates for different GF forms. It wouldn't matter if I had to hard code that for the different forms, but I do need the ability to use different post templates for the different forms. Would that be possible do you think?</p> <p>Many thanks for your help with this. I really appreciate it.</p> <p>Richard </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1492 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:36:29 +0000 Alex Cancado 1492@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Richard,<br /> I understand what you are trying to do. Using the hooks will allow you (administrator) to assign the post to whatever template you want. The only limitation is that you won't be able to change the template via the UI, since it will be "hardcoded" in the PHP code. This solution will probably work if you won't need to change the template very often. If you think this could work for you, let me know and I will come up with the code for you. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1486 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:44:07 +0000 RichardBest 1486@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks Alex. That's superb. When looking over my post above, it occurred to me that I could have been clearer.</p> <p>The key thing I'm after please is the ability for the admin to select a given post template for a given form, when the admin creates the form. There's no need for the form user to be able to select the post template and indeed I'd not want them to be able to do so (as it would be confusing).</p> <p>Apologies if my post above was not so clear.</p> <p>Thanks again<br /> Richard </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/selecting-a-specific-post-template#post-1485 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:12:17 +0000 Alex Cancado 1485@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Richard,<br /> You accomplish this functionality by using a hook. It will require a few lines of PHP code, but I will be happy to send you a code snippet. I will post it here when I get it done. </p>