Form posts as Testimonials, not traditional Blog Posts

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mindspark
Member

Good morning everyone. Probably a simple question, but I can't find a thread that helps me solve it on my own... here goes:

I have built a nice testimonials form on a site, and have no problem creating new posts that display correctly on the site. However, the post data is stored as a POST. I would like to know if / how I can set the form (or create a new one) that stores post data as a TESTIMONIAL - and accessible when clicking on the default TESTIMONIALS menu item within the default Wordpress installation.

In case you're wondering why - its driven by how I want to display the testimonials on my site. My Site My Way has a great framework and elegant styling for TESTIMONIALS which are handled differently than typical post data. I would like to take advantage of these elements (if possible), but need guidance on how to use GF to achieve the above.

URL: http://mindsparkconsulting.com/clients/ut2/feedback/

thanks in advance for your help!

Posted 12 years ago on Thursday September 20, 2012 | Permalink
Chris Hajer
Key Master
There is no default Testimonials menu on a WordPress installation. Is it possible that your framework includes a custom post type of testimonial? If that's the case, you can change the post type after the form is submitted using the gform_post_data filter: http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_post_data
```
add_filter("gform_post_data", "update_post_type", 10, 2);
function update_post_type($post_data, $form) {
    // maybe the custom post type is 'testimonial'?
    $post_data["post_type"] = "testimonial";
    return $post_data;
}
```
Posted 12 years ago on Saturday September 22, 2012 | Permalink