Building a storytelling website

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Problem:

When people click the create story form link, how can I automatically associate the new story to the topic?

Solution:

I suggest you setup one-to-many relationship between post type "Topic" and "Story".

In a single "Topic" post, display a child form link, user click this link redirect him to page with a post form for creating new "Story" post,

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/selecting-parent-posts-using-forms-create-child-items/

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Last updated by deanL 5 years, 12 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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January 17, 2019 at 3:36 am #1185645

deanL

I'm building a community storytelling website. Basically, site admin will create individual topics, then registered users add their story to the topic. It's some sort like forum except this is only one level deep. Ie:

- Topic
- - Stories

When user looks at a topic post, the can click the button on the post that says "Share your story" and redirected to story creation form and submit their story from frontend.

This is what I have done so far:

1. Created topic post type
2. Created story post type
3. Created story post form
4. Used Toolset layout for topic post type and added link to story post form

The challenge I'm facing now is: When people click the create story form link, how can I automatically associate the new story to the topic?

January 17, 2019 at 7:26 am #1185715

Luo Yang

Hello,

I suggest you setup one-to-many relationship between post type "Topic" and "Story".
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-set-up-post-relationships-using-toolset/

In a single "Topic" post, display a child form link, user click this link redirect him to page with a post form for creating new "Story" post,

See our document:
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/selecting-parent-posts-using-forms-create-child-items/

January 17, 2019 at 10:32 am #1185800

deanL

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!