Can a viewer complete a form and submit it, then have it entered directly onto the page, or is it up to the administrator to place that information? I can see how that might not be a good idea, but I can also see entering the information from emails can be very cumbersome.
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Can Form Data Be Placed Directly Onto The Page?
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Entered directly onto which page?
A form submission creates an entry. Entries are viewed in the WordPress admin section. A form can also be set up to create a Post (or a Page.)
If you want to display data from entries on a Page within WordPress, you might want to look at one of the third party add-ons that have been created (not by Gravity Forms.)
Gravity Forms Directory Add-on
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-addons/There is no reason to enter information from the emails. That notification is just a copy of the data that was submitted. Do you see where to view "entries" for your forms? This will show you entries for form id 4. Entries are visible only to logged in users with sufficient permissions (administrator for sure.)
http://kids.umpquawebdesign.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gf_entries&id=4
There should be a link under Forms in the admin menu called "Entries".
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Entered directly onto the same page that has the form, unless there's a better way.
Yes, I see the entries. So I guess what I'm saying is that I want to display the entries on the front end. I found this: http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/display-form-information-on-front-end that says there are three options for accomplishing this. I'm thinking posts would be the preferred way.
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In the above link, the first option is:
"1) Use Gravity Forms to create Posts out of the submitted data. Then display these Posts on your site. You do this using the Post Fields in Gravity Forms and configuring it the way you want it."I did use a Post Field (body) for the content to be entered by the viewer. I also used a Post Field (category) thinking that entry would post to the "page" (using that term loosely) http://kids.umpquawebdesign.com/category/fundraising, but it did not. That page is the fundraising category which is set to display a tab in the menu. But if I use that, I don't know how to add the form.
I also found this: http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/need-help-with-how-to-get-a-form-post-to-a-page. Your second response looks promising, but displays the posts on separate pages. To get help with using the Category Posts Widget (assuming that's the best approach), should I start a new topic?
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Gravity Forms currently doesn't display entry data on the front end. It is only viewable in the admin. If you want to display entry data on the front end you would have to write custom code to display the data or use a 3rd party Add-On such as the one Chris mentioned above.
Gravity Forms Directory Add-on
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-addons/We have plans for functions and shortcodes for displaying data on the front end so it is something we plan on introducing in the future.
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