Limit amount of posts a user can submit

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Problem:
How can I ensure any user will be able to submit a certain form only once?

Solution:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/conditional-display-based-on-users-parent-post/#post-1194632

Note, the solution is valid for all type of Forms or content, you just need to change the View's Queried Post type, to make sure catching the item you do want users to submit with the form.

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/access-control-texts-inside-page-content/
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-create-custom-searches-and-relationships-for-users/#how-do-i-prevent-users-from-creating-more-than-one-contractor-post

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Last updated by toolset-dave 5 years, 10 months ago.

Assisted by: Beda.

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February 1, 2019 at 4:45 pm #1194489

toolset-dave

Hello,

I have a Parent CPT and Child one and I need to set up conditional which checks if current logged in user has created any Parent post. Based on this will show/hide button on his profile page with link to Toolset form for creating Child post.

February 2, 2019 at 8:27 am #1194632

Beda

We solve a similar issue (make sure a user can submit only n amounts of posts) here:
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-create-custom-searches-and-relationships-for-users/#how-do-i-prevent-users-from-creating-more-than-one-contractor-post

As you see it suggests a View where you display posts by author (currently logged in user) and output nothing (leave loop empty) if the user has authored any post (which in your case is the parent post type).
It instead outputs the "no items found" part which in this example is amplified with the form itself but that could be a link or anything else, leading to the form.

It will show only if the current user (which also refers to Guest) has no authored posts.
To hide the form from guests you would simply wrap the entire View shortcode in an Acces ShortCode or any HTML condition checking upon login status.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/access-control-texts-inside-page-content/
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/

February 2, 2019 at 9:46 pm #1194779

toolset-dave

Thank you Beda, it solved my issue.