[Resolved] I would like to add a form on every CPT…

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[steffK]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I would like to add a form on every CPT, front-end. The owner of that post type will receive the message to their email.

1. How can I create this form?

2. How do I add it to the post?

3. How do I make sure the owner of the post receives the mail?

Thank you

[Nigel]

You want to use the form for someone to contact the publisher of the post, yes?

With Toolset Forms, the forms always publish (or edit) a post, there are no disposable form submissions, so the first thing you need to do is create a CPT for the form submissions (e.g. "messages").

Then create a form to publish the messages, as described here: https://toolset.com/course-lesson/front-end-forms-for-adding-content/

In the settings for this form you will include a notification email, as described here: https://toolset.com/course-lesson/send-notifications-when-someone-submits-the-form/

In your case you need the form to be sent to the author of the post where you are going to display the form, and that needs handling in a particular way.

You need to add a Hidden generic field to your form (drag into the form from the section on the right), choose a slug for the field (e.g. "post-author"), and provide the following default value:

[wpv-post-author format="meta" meta="ID"]

Also, make sure the setting that this field is a user ID is checked (see screenshot).

Then when you add a notification, the email address for the recipient can be chosen under the setting "Send notification to a WordPress user with an ID coming from a generic field in the form".

You will then want to add your form to a template for the CPT in question (if you haven't already, make a new template at Toolset > Content Templates). See https://toolset.com/course-lesson/creating-templates-to-display-custom-posts/

[steffK]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!