[Resolved] [Forms] How to create this workflow

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[Scott Roberts]

I am creating forms for entry on my custom types. Because these types will be auto-posting to social media as they are published, I need to be able to save the post as a draft, then return to editing it before it is published. I'd like to do this all in the front-end.

My thought was to have a Submit form and an Edit form for each type. I'd set the post type to Draft on the Submit form. When the submit form is completed I would want it to be replaced with the edit form. Would this work -- do Edit forms have access to a draft post?

My second thought was to have "Save" buttons next to certain fields in the form, which would save a draft only, then the submit button would actually publish the post.

What would be your recommendation for this workflow -- one of these options, or something else?

[Shane]

Hi Scott,

Thank you for getting in touch.

Yes our forms edit link can be accessed on the frontend even if the post is a draft. However only admins and editors I believe can see the draft posts on the frontend. So your user role must be one of these.

For the workflow on how to achieve this you can take a look at the link below.
https://toolset.com/course-lesson/front-end-forms-for-editing-content/#3-insert-link-to-the-content-template-that-displays-the-form

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane