First of all, I am absolutely new to WP.
I am hoping to build a site using WP and figured out how to manage every thing except one feature. The feature that is required is to be able to submit a form with files (images in particular) by a non member.
For example, you should be able to visit the site and fill a form and submit your image along it.
Is it possible to upload files as above? How is this achievable?
Thanks in advance.
If you are not a wordpress coder , I would sugest you use a plugin for that .
Some options :
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-submitted-posts/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-post-widget/
http://www.gravityforms.com/category/features/
and many more ..
read also this tutorial : http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/allow-users-to-submit-images-your-site/ - it is not for VISITORS but for registered users - but it might help you to understand what is needed to be done .
I would use the Contact Form 7 plugin to do this, as it's extremely easy.
In the plugin settings you'll be able to choose what parts of the form you'd like to include, adding a way to upload is one of those options. You can even limit the type of file that is being used as well the max file size.
Once you create a form in the settings, you just use its shortcode to add it to your Wordpress page.
Yes you can upload file, but it is not a Wordpress specific solution, unless you want to use a plugin. You can code html/php as per usual to achieve it:
http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_file_upload.asp
To embed it on a page, you can create a Page in Wordpress, and assign it a custom page template that you create with the upload form:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates
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I'm completely new to the whole WordPress scene so I kind of don't know the "WordPress way" of doing the desired task:
Create a form where a user would fill in some details (such as name, surname, upload a video or post a youtube iframe link)
Submit it, once it's done - an admin must verify that everything has been filled out correctly and after that the video can be seen on the website.
Should I write a plugin of some sort that would do that or how does it happen?
Thank you.
The Gravity Forms plugin allows you to do exactly what you're looking to do. With it, you can set up a form that creates a post and sets it to be 'Pending Review' in WordPress. This tutorial contains everything you need to know about what you'll need to do.
If you want to create a Custom Post Type (ie. 'User Page') to better separate user submissions, you'll need to employ this special add-on (as mentioned in the tutorial above).
I'm very new to WP development. I host a website which needs a list of trails (hiking, biking, etc) and I'd like to write a WordPress plugin to do it.
Can someone please tell me if I'm taking the right approach, and if what I'm proposing is possible.
I'd like the site to end up with an auto-generated and filtered index at http://example.com/trail-guide, and the discrete trail info pages at http://example.com/trail-guide/trailname. This data would all be stored in a single database table holding info for each trail, with an admin page for adding, editing, and deleting entries from here.
Is a WP plugin the best way to go about doing this, or should I be looking at something else?
From the way you're describing, your best bet would be to Register A Custom Post Type. This can be done by adding to your existing theme's Functions.php file, or by creating a plugin.
If you don't plan on changing themes, my advice would be to just hardcode everything into your functions.php file. Otherwise, creating a plugin for this particular job would be the safest alternative.
Using this functionality in tandem with Custom Meta Boxes and Custom Taxonomies will allow you to keep everything organized within the Wordpress Framework with your own special data.
This means that these new posts can also be queried at any time through the standard Wordpress Loop or search box.
If you are uncomfortable with writing your own functions to extend your existing framework, you might want to look into some plugins like GD Custom Posts And Taxonomies Tools to manage your own.
Hope this helps.
For a project of mine I need to define an alternative template for single posts.
To be more specific I need each post to be displayed as usual when the website is browsed but I need to create different single pages reachable from different URL to create a sort of a mini-website for each post.
(I'm actually using the WooCommerce plugin and what I need to do is to create a mini-website for each product. This needs to be something "outside" from the main website, with a complete different graphic template and is going to be reachable through a QR-code).
Hope it makes a bit of sense.
Thanks for your advices and/or suggestions.
Angelo
I think the easiest way to do that is by registering a custom post type for the special posts that get this special "single.php" template. Then, you can simply write a new single template titled post-[custom post_type].php. Any post you register of this type will use that template.
OR...
If you don't actually need them to be posts, it's even easier if you publish them as pages. By default, pages let you assign a specific page template in the edit screen. So you could make any number of custom templates. Just make sure you add the special header:
/* Template Name: Custom Page */
...so WP knows it's a page template.
Hello Friends I want to add one more editor for wordpress pages/post .Is there is any plugin or any thing .Please let me know if any one having any idea about this.I shall be very thank ful to you
Do you mean you want to use a different editor for posts/pages than the built in one? I haven't tried this one but it looks good and I've been meaning to try it:
http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/fckeditor-for-wordpress-plugin/
If you are looking for multiple VISUAL/HTML editors (to control different parts of your post/page), you can either use custom fields or a plugin called PODS CMS.
If you are using custom fields, read:
codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields
A very popular plugin that works with custom fields is FLUTTER. I haven't used it myself, but I have used other plugins and I would probably go with Flutter because of what I have heard about it.
If you use PODS CMS, be aware that it doesn't work with plugins that require custom fields (for example, many feature slider plugins) but it's a great way to have multiple text fields on the same page. It's great for very customized content.
PODS CMS does require some php knowledge but the documentation online is very good:
mondaybynoon.com/2010/01/04/introduction-to-pods-cms-wordpress/
Personally, if I have more than one custom field per post/page, I would go with PODS, but that is just my preference.
I got the solution of above question.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multiple-content-blocks/
Using this you can easily add one more editor for page or posts
Thanks
I am using Wordpress's add_meta_box() function to add customized meta fields to the Add New Post page, like this. I want one of these fields to allow the user to upload a file, so that a single image, pdf, audio file, or video can be associated with the post.
The closest example I've seen is this one (link removed*). Unfortunately it does not suit my needs, as I want my file to be processed by Wordpress's Media Uploader - so it should appear in the Media Library afterwards, and thumbnails should be generated according to the Media settings.
I think ideally there would be a way to tap into Wordpress's existing Add Media dialog, and simply output the URL of the uploaded file into a text box, but I don't see how to do that. This question is similar, but the answers are a little clunky - I would like to keep this super simple for my end users.
How can I accomplish this? Please do not recommend plugins such as Flutter or Magic Fields - I have tried these and they do not suit my purposes (I want the images to be processed by Wordpress's Media Uploader). I am using Wordpress 3.0-alpha.
(*=link removed due to report of malware; it is in the archive, but at own risk)
I eventually figured this out for myself and got it working just as I wanted, and thought I would post an update for anyone who finds this question and is curious.
I did not use any plugins, but wrote a custom function to handle file uploads for my theme. I used built-in Wordpress functions such as save_custom_postdata(), wp_handle_upload(), wp_insert_attachment(), wp_generate_attachment_metadata() and wp_update_attachment_metadata().
I also had to use add_action('admin_head'...) to add some JavaScript which adds "multipart/form-data" to the form tag on the Edit Post page, to allow file uploads.
I would post my code, but it is very long and specific to my project.
You needn't use JavaScript to edit the form. This is possible to do using the post_edit_form_tag function like so:
add_action( 'post_edit_form_tag' , 'post_edit_form_tag' );
function post_edit_form_tag( ) {
echo ' enctype="multipart/form-data"';
}
More details (including an example) are available at http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/post_edit_form_tag.
Take a look at Image Widget - a well made widget that does what you want, but as a widget. Maybe you can convert it to work on your Add new post page.
Another plugin you can try is Pods CMS. Might be overkill but when you do fileuploads with this, they are automaticly added to the media library.
This WordPress Meta Box PHP Helper class might help you when working with WordPress Meta Boxes.
I think this is what you're looking for: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nkmimagefield/
Apparently it doesn't support custom post types but a little hacking should do. It already does the hard work of interfacing with the media editor.