[Resolved] Create a hierarchal child entry

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[tylerG]

I am trying to:

Be able to create entries that a child to other entries within the same post with CRED.

I see that there is a CRED form for these hierarchal post types: hidden link

Here is what that field helped me to produce:

<div class="form-group">
<label>Which department is this page for?</label>
[cred_field field='post_parent' value='' order='title' ordering='asc' required='true' select_text='--- not set ---' validate_text='department must be selected' class='form-control' output='bootstrap']
</div>

I expected to see something similar to the backend, like this: hidden link

Instead, I got: hidden link

[Shane]

Hi Tyler,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

Is your post type currently setup for a hierarchal relationship ? If not then you need to edit your CPT and enable these settings. See Screenshot

Once this is done then you just need to go back to your form and add the Parent information to the form using the same button you provided in your screenshot.

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

[tylerG]

Shane, thanks for the response! The boxes for both page attributes and hierarchal are both checked. The "parents" button will only appear when they are checked, which is nice. But I'm not sure why it isn't working as I didn't change the field from what Toolset inserted. Any other suggestions?

[Shane]

Hi Tyler,

Would you mind providing me with admin access so that I can check on this for you ?

Thanks,
Shane

[Shane]

private fields

[tylerG]

Shane, one other issue I'm running into is the ability to select a relationship (one-to-many) through CRED. It appears in the auto-generated form but doesn't work on the frontend. Here's an example:

hidden link

It works great on the backend, just not through the CRED form on the frontend: hidden link

[Shane]

Hi Tyler,

Could you let me know which CRED form I should be looking at ?

Also for your second issue its best to open a second ticket for this and we can handle it there. Our policy allows us to answer 1 issue per thread 🙂 . It helps to keep things a bit more organized for our forum search.

Thanks,
Shane

[tylerG]

Shane, makes total sense. I'll do a separate ticket for that issue.

For the parent post issue, here is an example entry with the CRED form for editing it: hidden link

Here is the direct link to that CRED form settings: hidden link

[Shane]

Hi Tyler,

Thanks, I was able to see the issue at hand.

Could you try creating a new form and adding this field and see if the issue still remains.

Thanks,
Shane

[tylerG]

That is actually the 3rd form I've tried it on. The other ones were tests with different post types and the same error message appeared.

[Shane]

Hi Tyler,

There is definitely something wrong.

Would you mind if I took a duplicator package from your website for further testing ?

Thanks,
Shane

[tylerG]

Shane, by all means! Let me know if there is anything else you need from me.

[Shane]

Hi Tyler,

It seems the issue is with the Beta version.

What I recommend that you do is to use the most recent stable version as this works on the duplicator package.
https://toolset.com/account/downloads/

Also its not recommended to have Beta versions on production website as they are mainly for testing out new features. I believe this isn't working because of the updates that are being made to post relationships.

Thanks,
Shane

[tylerG]

Shane,

Do you know approximately when the next versions will reach production? This site isn't expected to launch for another 4 months. And I need the beta plugins right now for the repeating field groups and relationships.

[Shane]

Hi Tyler,

Actually we are in the final stages and should be released soon. Whats needed to be done is the final set of QA before release.

We should definitely be releasing this before your 4 months deadline.

Thanks,
SHane