https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format Gravity Support Forums Topic: User Selects Post Format en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:56:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-75553 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:10:03 +0000 Chris Hajer 75553@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Great. Thanks very much for the update. I'm glad you figured it out. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-75551 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:06:01 +0000 Staats 75551@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>yes it is...thanks for the push in the right direction! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-75224 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:56:50 +0000 Chris Hajer 75224@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Is this working for you now? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-75167 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:10:49 +0000 Staats 75167@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hey Chris, </p> <p>I was missing the variables necessary to pass into new_post_format($entry,$form). This link works:</p> <p><a href="http://pastie.org/4715557" rel="nofollow">http://pastie.org/4715557</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-73899 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:23:54 +0000 Staats 73899@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hey Sorry for the delayed response, and thanks for reaching back out. I will take some time to review my code and explain what I "thought" I was attempting. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-73387 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:29:59 +0000 Chris Hajer 73387@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>That doesn't look right at all. Can you explain what each line of your code is supposed to do? I think we have a fundamental misunderstanding here and we need to get on the same page. Thanks. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-73358 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:25:07 +0000 Staats 73358@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>so I gave it a shot, but seem to be missing something. I must be leaving something out:</p> <p><a href="http://pastie.org/4619327" rel="nofollow">http://pastie.org/4619327</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-72649 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:11:14 +0000 Chris Hajer 72649@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Let us know how that works out. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-72647 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:41:44 +0000 Staats 72647@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>yeah that does help. I'll give it a shot this week, thanks! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/user-selects-post-format#post-72628 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 02:23:13 +0000 Chris Hajer 72628@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I don't think it's possible to do that in the form builder automatically. However, you could have a group of radio buttons with your post formats as options, then use the gform_after_submission hook to go back and update the post format using the WordPress function <strong>set_post_format</strong>. <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/set_post_format" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/set_post_format</a></p> <p>You can follow this example:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_after_submission" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_after_submission</a></p> <p>But instead of wp_update_post, you could use set_post_format, and set the format to the one the user selected from your radio buttons.</p> <p>The list of radio buttons would not be generated dynamically. I'm not sure how often the post formats you're using change, but that could be a potential problem, keeping your form and your installation in sync.</p> <p>If by this: "allow me to show fields based on their selection", you mean "if the user wants to create a post of the Photo format, then show fields to allow them to upload an image, submit a caption submit the location, etc" and "if the user wants to create a post of the Recipe format, then allow them to use the list field to add ingredients one by one, submit the directions, and allow up to 10 photos" ... the answer is yes. Just use conditional logic to allow the fields that pertain only to that post format.</p> <p>Does that help? </p>