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Dynamically Populate Checkboxes based on Post Names

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  1. Tanmccuin
    Member

    Hi Guys,

    First off, wonderful plugin - i use it regularly and exclusively for all my sites.

    So i'm developing a site for a client who is using Events Calendar to create events for their various webinars - What they want is a webinar sign-up form with a listing of current webinars to select from via checkbox field. Is there an elegant way to set a checkbox field to auto populate w/ the current listing of posts from a given category? It seems doable, though i'm at a loss as to the best way to approach it, i want to think that Gravity Forms' Dynamic content functionality could be used here?

    Thanks!

    -Tm

    Posted 12 years ago on Thursday June 30, 2011 | Permalink

  2. David Smith
    Member

    This snippet will populate any multiple option field (radio, checkbox, drop down) with a CSS class of "populate-posts" (http://tardis1.tinygrab.com/at7I) with a list of posts: http://pastie.org/2148642

    Checkbox fields are a little different in how the selected checkboxes are captured. If you had a checkbox field in the admin with only 3 fields. Only the first 3 posts populated into this field would be captured. Rather than updating the field constantly with new blank options to capture the dynamically popluated values, just create a large number of empty options so that you will be sure to always have a "blank" option for the dynamically populated post: http://tardis1.tinygrab.com/at7J

    Posted 12 years ago on Friday July 1, 2011 | Permalink

  3. webpuzzlemaster
    Member

    im having problems with my code here:

    http://pastie.org/2151399

    im trying to put the content values of the custom post type on checkbox "value" attribute, but the values being pass is the content of the current page, please help..

    Posted 12 years ago on Friday July 1, 2011 | Permalink

  4. David Smith
    Member

    Hi webpuzzlemaster,

    Try updating this line:

    [php]
$content = get_the_content();

    to this:

    [php]
$content = $post->post_content;
    Posted 12 years ago on Saturday July 2, 2011 | Permalink

  5. webpuzzlemaster
    Member

    thanks.. will try it now...

    edited:
    It works! thanks.. another question..
    is it possible to pass HMTL codes as values for the "VALUE" attribute of checkbox? im planning to use that value and place it as a tooltip

    Posted 12 years ago on Saturday July 2, 2011 | Permalink

  6. David Smith
    Member

    Ya know, I've never tried. I'm assuming so long as you escape the double quotes and the HTML < > correctly, it should work. Give it a try and let us know how it goes. :)

    Posted 12 years ago on Saturday July 2, 2011 | Permalink

  7. webpuzzlemaster
    Member

    that's what i did..
    esc_attr()

    thanks!

    im looking around the forum about my other problem, adding a qtip on labels from the checkbox "value" attribute.. haha..

    Posted 12 years ago on Saturday July 2, 2011 | Permalink

  8. webpuzzlemaster
    Member

    beside text and value, are there any options in this line of code
    $choices[] = array('text' => $post->post_title, 'value' => $post->post_title);

    Posted 12 years ago on Monday July 4, 2011 | Permalink

  9. Carl Hancock
    Administrator

    The array only consists of the text and the value. It doesn't consist of any additional data.

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday July 5, 2011 | Permalink

  10. webpuzzlemaster
    Member

    is there a possibility to get the values of the "text" attribute when submitting the form instead of the "value" attribute, even if the "value" attribute has value

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday July 6, 2011 | Permalink

  11. webpuzzlemaster
    Member

    any one? please reply..

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday July 20, 2011 | Permalink

  12. David Smith
    Member

    Hi Puzzlemaster,

    Could you give me an example of the reasoning behind this? It might help me think of a solution that will work for you.

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday July 20, 2011 | Permalink

  13. webpuzzlemaster
    Member

    i already fix it, i created the label for the checkbox as a link and add the contents to the title attribute and created a tooltip out of that..

    Posted 12 years ago on Thursday July 21, 2011 | Permalink

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