ditokazi
Member
While I love this form and its flexibility, I want to be able to display user data such as twitter user name, url etc which I collected from custom fields. How would I display this data on a users post next next to post?
I v'e read alot of post where ppl were asking for this but no answers where given.
thanks in advance
There are plenty of answers on this. Custom Fields are Custom Fields. They are stored in Post Meta. If you want to display them you have to modify your theme to display them.
Gravity Forms creates your posts, including custom fields, however it doesn't display your posts so it can't do this for you, only your theme can display custom fields.
See this Codex article on Custom Fields:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields
One feature Gravity Forms can do is allow you to output the value of ANY form field within your Post Body content. This is done via a feature called the Content Template. It works like the form notifications. You can insert form field variables into the Content template and it is used to create the content of the Post.
To configure a Content Template you would edit your form, then edit your Post Body field, and then turn on the Content Template feature. It will then show a textarea and a "Insert form field" drop down. WHATEVER you input into the content template textarea will be used to create your Post Body, including any HTML markup or field values.
You can use the Insert form field drop down to insert form field values from other fields, including any post image fields and custom fields you have on your form.
Please note whatever is in your content template will be used to create the post so it's important to also be sure you insert the form field value for the Post Body field itself.
See this screenshot:
Please note the content template is unique to that form and setup. The form field variables are form specific so the screenshot of my example won't work for you because your form field variables will be different. You need to use the "Insert form field" drop down to get the proper variables inserted.
deukdesign
Member
maybe a stupid suggestion
but could we show the full edit menu, which I normally see on a post edit page?
I have easy columns installed and it allows me to easily add columns, so I can better lay out the post result and easily apply header styling etcetera
is that possible?
@deukdesign I don't know what you mean by show the full edit menu. Do you mean the rich text editor, shortcode menus, etc.? If so, no. That requires admin access to utilize that type of functionality.
deukdesign
Member
yes that was what I meant, the full menu available to admin or editors
but the content templater where I woudl like to see it is only available to the one (admin) building the form, no?
can I put in shortcodes directly into the templater?
Yes, you can put shortcodes directly in the content template.
Currently there is no way to show the rich text editor interface within Gravity Forms.
