Problem with Post title template

Hi,

I am perhaps having the same problem and wanted to first make sure that I am using the post title template correctly. This is a very simple tweak I am doing, so should be a no brainer for you...

I am creating a form for users to submit draft posts to my blog. I want the title of the form to be invisible and to populate automatically with the same content from a custom field that is also on the same form. This custom field value is filled out by the person who is posting.

The Custom Field Key is "English". On my Gravity Form I have checked "Create Post title template" and used the drop down to choose "English". The value {English:4} populated in the text box below the drop down.

I tried submitting a test form and the title of the form didn't populate. Instead it read "Untitled". I then pasted {English:4} in the "Default Value" field and/or the "Allow field to be populated dynamically" field of the Gravity Form without success.

So, in short, can you tell me the proper configuration for populating the form title with the same content from a Custom Field that is also on the same form?

Thanks a lot!

Paul

Thanks Carl. This is working now. I did notice that {English: 1} changed to {English: 4} when I was editing the form, but that was before I wrote the above post, so perhaps It was working when I posted but just failed to take notice!? One other thing I did was to clear my browser's cache. Perhaps this was this issue. Either way, it is working now.

So, for the benefit of future readers I will summarize:

In order to automatically populate the title of a post with the content from a custom field that is also on the same form, simply check the "Create Post title template" and in the "Insert form field" drop down choose the name of the field that has the content you want to appear in the title. In my case, {English: 4} appeared in the text box beneath the drop down. No other settings under the advanced tab are necessary.

As Carl says, get the form exactly how you want it, and the do the above steps. Also, you may want to clear your browser's cache if the above steps are not yielding results.

********* A quick follow on question on the same topic**********

Now that my form titles in my posts are populating nicely, I noticed in the Admin area under Forms --> Entries, that the Title is NOT populated. I don't mind this since my objective was to populate the form title of posts, but just curious if this is expected behavior??

Thanks again,

Paul