Advanced Custom Field in Post/Page Editor

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lucaweb
Member

hello everyone,

i'm sorry if the arguments were already treated, i'm new and i have just purchased the plugin, i gave a look at the forum but i really appreciate a little help!

I used Advanced Custom Field plugin for to add custom field on post/page editor, it worked fine till after a plugin upgrade i lost all data, also if i did a sql back-up!!! :(

Now i'd like to know if Gravity Form it's the right plugin not just for build form but also for to add advanced custom field in post/page editor!

if "Yes"
- is there a guide for to do it?
- where can i find code/shortcode for to show value in post and page?
- is it possible to make a backup of all advanced custom field of post/page editor and reload it without problem?

sorry for all this question but i just lost 200 records form, so now i want to be sure how to remake it!

thanks a lot for any help
lucaweb

Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday September 21, 2011 | Permalink
Carl Hancock
Administrator

Gravity Forms does not currently add fields to the post editor. You can use Gravity Forms to build forms that create posts, however you embed the form on a page or post using a WordPress shortcode or in a theme template file using a function call. It doesn't display the form in the post editor.

If you used the Advanced Custom Field plugin to add custom fields to the post editor, that data is probably still there. It just isn't being displayed. You may want to check with the developer of the Advanced Custom Field plugin. But i'm assuming it stores it's value as custom fields with the post, in which case the data probably still exists in the database. Unless of course you had some sort of database crash.

Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday September 21, 2011 | Permalink
lucaweb
Member

Thank's for answer Carl,

in the meanwhile i found this plugin "Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types", but i think it don't make what i need! do u know it?

Thanks for advise i will contact de Advanced Custom Field developer and see if there is a solution ...

Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday September 21, 2011 | Permalink
Carl Hancock
Administrator

The Gravity Forms Custom Post Type Add-On is for using Gravity Forms to create a form that creates a post that is a custom post type. Out of the box Gravity Forms only creates Posts. This Add-On lets you create custom post types. So like Gravity Forms, it's not going to add forms to your edit posts screen.

Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday September 21, 2011 | Permalink
peter
Member

i personally think you need the "more fields" plugin... http://more-plugins.se/plugins/more-fields/
if you want i can give you some help setting this up

Posted 12 years ago on Thursday September 22, 2011 | Permalink
lucaweb
Member

Hi Peter,

thank for answer and the advise!!
Actually now i found a solution for my "lost data" and i can restore it quiet easily with Advanced Custom FIeld, in fact the data were also saved in default custom field so now i have "just" to copy and paste, better then re-start from nothing!

After you advise me i installed fot to give a look at More Fields (i sow there is also More Type) and speaking about the setting tools for the custom fiels of both plugins Advanced Custom Field seems little bit advanced!

Did u tryied both before? Iìd like to confront with u for to undestand what's the better plugin for to do this, realy i think Advanced Custom Field is great but i think there is not a good way for to backup all values of custome field created!

txs
luca

Posted 12 years ago on Thursday September 22, 2011 | Permalink