[Resolved] Display of field on front end without WYSIWYG options

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[andrewB-7]

Hi there.

I am trying to display a form on the front end which allows entries to a custom post type. I know how to do this, but there is something I'd like to alter and I can't find how to do this.

First of all, please make reference to the two attached screenshots. The first shows the code in the CRED post form editor, and the second shows what is output on the front end form.

It is a simple form which allows people to fill out the post title, post content, featured image and post tags, there are no custom fields involved.

The field in question here is the Post Content field. That is the one I am trying to alter.

What we need to do is to make sure that users on the front end do not have access to the WYSIWYG formatting options. We need this to be a simple multiline text field.

Is there a setting I can change, perhaps in the "output" property, which might allow this to happen?

Thanks so much for your time, and very best wishes,
Andrew.

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - You should add the Generic field to your form to replace the default post content field with textarea field.

For example:

[cred_generic_field field='post_content' type='textarea' class='' urlparam='']
{
"required":1,
"validate_format":0,
"default":"",
"persist":1
}
[/cred_generic_field]

More info:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/inserting-generic-fields-into-forms/

[andrewB-7]

Hi Minesh,

Many thanks for getting back to me.

To be clear, we need the post content to be filled from the front end. This form is adding more posts to an existing post type which already has over 400 entries. And those posts display the post content on the front end. So new entries also need to complete that field.

Will your method still feed into the post content in the database?

[Minesh]

Well - It should be saved to database automatically. Please make sure that the generic field should be added with "post_content" as field name.

If you are using Edit post form where you want to display the post body content - you should use the following code:

[cred_generic_field field='post_content' type='textarea' class='' urlparam='']
{
"required":1,
"validate_format":0,
"default":"[wpv-post-body view_template="None"]",
"persist":1
}
[/cred_generic_field]

[andrewB-7]

Thank you so much! I'll try this on the site today and get back to you wit any issues.

[Minesh]

Ok fine - thank you.