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Can Gravity Forms do this?

  1. donna
    Member

    We are looking at Gravity forms as a way to allow members to submit their details (name, address, phone, website URL, description about what they do), and media like photos, videos etc and have the contents of the form submit into a Wordpress blog post in draft mode, or alternatively submit it an email address for support people to set up the blog post. Is Gravity forms capable of this? Is it fairly simple to implement or does it require some programming?

    Can we dynamically populate a form element based on the Wordpress categories?

    A second function we need is a review/rating form to replace the comment form on a Wordpress blog. The comment form will basically be the same (that's where the user adds their review/testimonial) but they must also give a star rating (both review/comment and star rating are required). Then at the top of the post, under the title the average star rating should appear. Is this possible and how difficult would it be to implement?

    Posted 14 years ago on Tuesday August 3, 2010 | Permalink
  2. I am searching for the answer to this question as well. I have set up a Gravity form in which readers rate several things on a scale of 1 to 5 then have a paragraph style comment area. I need this to replace the WordPress commenting. I also need the ratings to display with each comment or as aggregate data with the post.

    Posted 14 years ago on Tuesday August 3, 2010 | Permalink
  3. donna
    Member

    Sounds like you're looking for exactly what I'm looking for ChevRock. Something basically just like what Amazon does. So I guess just wait and see if anyone gets back to us.

    It's amazing that no one has created a simple plugin like this yet. I went through all that I could find and they either won't do the trick or they are way overly complicated.

    Posted 14 years ago on Tuesday August 3, 2010 | Permalink
  4. I think regarding having complete control over the post body, this recent post explains it:
    http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-post-types-automatic-post-compostion-forms-with-cpt-posts#post-8123

    There has only been a little talk of the ratings thing that I know of. Not sure how Gravity Forms fits in there. There was no response from Gravity forms on this topic:

    http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/star-rating

    Would the star rating functionality work like it does here?
    http://matt.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/sea-salt-caramel/ (below the picture)

    If so, I believe that little star rating thing comes from the Poll Daddy plugin:
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/polldaddy/

    Posted 14 years ago on Tuesday August 3, 2010 | Permalink
  5. I just realized now this post is in the Pre-Sale section, which means you probably won't have access to the topics I linked to.

    This one:
    http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/custom-post-types-automatic-post-compostion-forms-with-cpt-posts#post-8123

    Says basically, from Carl Hancock:

    We are now going to handle Custom Post Types via an advanced add-on that is going to be extremely powerful and allow you to have complete control over the posts created (ALL post data, including Post Body formatting, etc.).

    The one about "star rating" basically had two people saying "I need this." But I think Poll Daddy already handles it, and I'm not sure how Gravity Forms would handle it in any case.

    Posted 14 years ago on Tuesday August 3, 2010 | Permalink
  6. donna
    Member

    @illinoisharley thank you for that information. I must read up on Custom Post Types! So from what I understand then, I can't create a form that creates a new post (in draft mode) based on the form data? So a user fills in the form, clicks "Submit" and a new post is created in draft mode? What I have read on the Gravity Forms site made me think that this was possible, but now are they saying it's not? Or not yet? I wonder if this new super addon is going to cost extra?

    I'll check out the PollDaddy plugin. There wasn't a lot of specific information that I could find on their site. But from the screenshots and the example on Matt's blog I don't think it's exactly what we want. We need something just like what Amazon has - the comment/review and rating are linked and both required. So you can't rate without also writing a review (as a comment) and vice versa.

    Posted 14 years ago on Thursday August 5, 2010 | Permalink
  7. Here's my take on the post stuff right now. It's not possible to do what you want yet (without using custom fields), but an add-on is coming from Gravity Forms that will allow more control over the post body to do what you want. Right now, the plugin is not designed to give you that much control over the post body.

    There are ways to use Gravity Forms to submit data using custom fields and then use that data in your post by pulling that meta data into the template. It doesn't become part of the post body, but can still be displayed in a post using custom fields.

    With Poll Daddy, as used on Matt's site, is just a rating, no comment or review required. Not sure if there is a plugin out there that required both a review and allows a star rating. My guess is that there is a WordPress plugin out there that already does it. It wouldn't be something I would look to Gravity Forms to do.

    That's my take on it.

    Posted 14 years ago on Thursday August 5, 2010 | Permalink
  8. There is an add-on that is going to be an Advanced Post Creation add-on that will allow for custom post types, custom taxonomies and complete control over the post that is created.

    However, Gravity Forms v1.3.14 will have a feature that allows you to insert form field values into your Post Body and have some control over the Post Body content by creating it using other form field values. It won't be as advanced as the add-on, but it will allow you to easily insert form field values, post images, etc. into your Post Body.

    Posted 14 years ago on Friday August 6, 2010 | Permalink
  9. donna
    Member

    Thanks Carl. What's the ETA for v1.3.14?

    Does Gravity allow me to publish to a Wordpress post (in draft mode?), from the sales page I was under the impression that it did? What about a review/rating type scenario?

    Posted 14 years ago on Monday August 9, 2010 | Permalink
  10. It's in development as we speak and is approaching BETA status. It will most likely be released as a beta later this week or the beginning of next week. Watch the support blog for an announcement as the beta will be available for users to download and help us run it through it's paces. After it goes through a beta period it will then be released via automatic upgrade.

    Gravity Forms does allow you to publish as a draft. It's a field option on the Post Title or Post Body fields. You can set the Post Status as Draft, Pending Review or Published.

    Posted 14 years ago on Monday August 9, 2010 | Permalink