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Need Help Creating Application

  1. I am using Gravity Forms to create an online employment application. The the current application they use is at: http://www.premairtraining.com/OnlineApplication.aspx
    I am rebuilding the application on her new site at: http://www.premairflighttraining.com/crew-leasing/pilot-application/

    Although there is a WSWG editor for Gravity Forms I am still having trouble with it. I would really like to find someone who can help me deal with some technical problems. I don't know if you guys do that sort of thing or have someone you can refer me to.
    Here are my issues:

    1) If you look at the original form you will see that the form is neater, more tightly compact. Short items are side by side, less space between the lines. Shaded areas neatly identify sections. I don’t know how to do that with WSWG.

    2) If you look at the original form Pilots are able to enter their flight experience by Plane type. After each plane type they can simply add another line item till they have completed their entire experience. Again, I don’t know how to best do that with Gravity Forms. There is something called Conditional Logic, which looks like it could do the trick, but I just don’t know best how to accomplish the task. The client would be OK with some things different, because she is getting a huge benefit with the built-in database feature, I just am not sure what is best.

    3) The original application groups a series of answers together about each Plane type. So if they had flight experience for a B757, I need to know for that plane how many hours, when was the last flight, are they rated on that plane etc. Visually is looks neatly organized in the original application. I don’t know how to accomplish that with Gravity Forms. Also, when we go to sort how do we keep a group of answers associated to that particular plane?

    We are using gravity forms because we want to maintain a database of pilots by experience, so the next time they have a job order for a Pilot who has experience on a B737 they can pull them up from the database. Please let me know if you can provide any guidance or recommend an experienced Gravity Forms coder.
    Thanks, Mary Ann

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday April 22, 2011 | Permalink
  2. 1) You can position fields side by side using Ready Classes. Documentation for that is located here: http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/CSS_Ready_Classes

    As for spacing, etc. You can customize the spacing and look/feel of the form using CSS. You would write CSS in your themes stylesheet to target and style the form elements. Examples of how to target form elements with CSS can be found here: http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/CSS_Targeting_Samples

    2) Conditional Logic lets you show/hide form fields based on user selections. Currently there is no functionality to dynamically add additional fields (like line items) to a form. It is a feature we plan on adding in the future, but right now the only way you could do it is to add all the fields to the form and then show/hide them based on user selections using conditional logic.

    3) You can use Section Breaks to place headings above fields. Add a Section Break for each plane type and then the fields for that plane type below the Section Break. Then use the Ready Classes to position fields side by side.

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday April 22, 2011 | Permalink
  3. Thanks Carl .. I think this will get me where I need to go. I am not a programmer, so I am not comfortable trying to write CSS myself, but your explanation is detailed enough that I can pass it on to a programmer. If you know anyone who is familiar with Wordpress and Gravity Forms please let me know. I am also going to check some of the other forums. Thanks again!

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday April 22, 2011 | Permalink