{"id":1727299,"date":"2020-09-15T12:47:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/?post_type=course-lesson&p=1727299"},"modified":"2020-09-15T12:47:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:47:45","slug":"selecting-parent-posts-when-using-forms-to-create-child-items","status":"publish","type":"course-lesson","link":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/course-lesson\/selecting-parent-posts-when-using-forms-to-create-child-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Selecting Parent Posts when Using Forms to Create Child Items"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For example, you could have custom post types for \u201cEvents\u201d and \u201cVenues.\u201d An event can have only one venue, whereas a venue can be used for many events. Your front-end form for creating events can feature a field for selecting a venue for the event being created.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Form for creating child posts with a selector for the parent post<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here we describe cases in which the post-relationship is either one-to-many or one-to-one. Visit the related documentation if you need to create forms for connecting posts in a many-to-many relationship<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Creating Forms that Allow to Select a Parent Post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, let’s see a case where you create a form for submitting child posts (i.e. events) but you want to allow users to select a parent post of their choosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once your post relationship is created, go to the Toolset <\/strong>\u2192 Post Forms <\/strong>page and create a new form. The usage is the same for forms that create new posts and the ones that edit existing posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you create a new form, the element for the post relationship will be a part of the form by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need to insert the parent selector field manually for existing forms, go to the Form Editor <\/strong>section and drag-and-drop relationship in question to desired location.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Adding relationship fields to the form using the drag-and-drop editor<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

That\u2019s it! Now, when users create new posts and select their parent posts, the posts will be connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating Forms with a Parent Post Preselected<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When using forms to create child posts, the parent post will often be known. For example, you might have a button to add an Event to a Venue currently being displayed, as shown in the following example.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Venue post on the front-end with a link to a form for adding Events to the post<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Edit the Content Template for the parent post type (i.e. Venue).<\/li>
  2. Insert the Toolset Fields and Text<\/strong> block and inside its editor, click the Forms<\/strong> button.<\/li>
  3. In the pop-up dialog, click Create Child Post Link<\/strong>.<\/li>
  4. Another dialog appears where you have to select the options for your link.<\/li>
  5. In the Parent post <\/strong>section, make sure to select the option Set the parent according to the currently displayed content<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    That’s it! Now, when a user clicks to add a child post, the form will automatically select the parent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4341,"featured_media":1734717,"template":"","related-lesson":[8469,8429],"class_list":["post-1727299","course-lesson","type-course-lesson","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","related-lesson-post-relationships","related-lesson-post-forms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-lesson\/1727299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-lesson"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/course-lesson"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4341"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-lesson\/1727299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1776717,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-lesson\/1727299\/revisions\/1776717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"related-lesson","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-lesson?post=1727299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}