hamish11
Member
Hopefully not a dumb question but here goes. Forgetting all the great aspects of interfacing with customers, can I use Gravity forms as a sort of database engine where I create a input form (only accessible by me) to enter data into a database, and then use a form visible to clients to be used as a query tool that would then return results? If so, are there any limitations I should be aware of?
Thanks,
Hamish
Right out of the box it would not suit this purpose; however, with some customization it could be configured to perform this task. Bare in mind, the only real value Gravity Forms would add in this scenario is creating a form based interface for users to query the data. The functionality of the query itself would be custom work.
RichardBest
Member
I guess you could also use multiple forms for different types of data entry in a way that submits the entries as posts and you could then use WordPress's standard search functionality (or a beefed up search plugin) to search for content. Then again, perhaps that's not what you're after.
RichardBest
Member
You can certainly use it to create multiple different types of post entries, through multiple different forms (or a single form), that are allocated to different categories and the like, replete with custom fields if you want to go beyond standard post functionality. With a quick bit of code in the functions.php file, you can also set up a form to post to pages instead of posts.
David,
Could you point me in the correct direction to learn how I could create the query functionality that Hammish mentioned in the first post?
Thanks,
Glenn
