Hi there.
First of all, please read this post: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/front-end-editing-of-repeating-child-posts-2/ which was closed during my vacation.
In that, I was asking whether there was a way in which I could use Repeater Fields in a CRED form - but if you read through that post you will see the full background.
While I was away, you posted this information: https://toolset.com/2017/08/preview-for-nested-repeating-fields-groups/?utm_source=Toolset+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b046338b5a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4c33df8fb-b046338b5a-91651729
I wonder, will this new release actually solve the issue that I have, please?
I would really appreciate some help so that I can understand this release, in the context of my original post linked above.
Very best wishes, and thank you for your time.
Andrew.
Hi, I read your other posts and I feel like I understand fairly well what you'd like to accomplish. You would like to have a single CRED form that edits a parent post, and at the same time, allows you to edit each child post associated with that parent post. Each child post will represent a group of repeated fields. So yes, this is one of the goals for CRED. We are planning to include this type of interface in a future release. As Amir mentioned in a comment (https://toolset.com/2017/08/preview-for-nested-repeating-fields-groups/#comment-320985), the first beta release will only include the Types plugin updates, then other plugin updates will follow once we've done a full release of the Types update.
Thank you.
Is there an ETA on when it will all work on CRED for the front end?
Very best wishes,
Andrew.
No, I don't have a timeline for you unfortunately, but here's how things typically go. If the Types beta release is in a few weeks, then we could be beta testing for a few more weeks, then a production release of Types. Then delivery of a CRED beta would be sometime after that, but I do not have a specific date. After another round of CRED beta testing, there will be a CRED production release. At that time you could implement this functionality on your site.
Several weeks at best is the only answer I can give you, as many factors are at play here. The blog is your best source of timely information about this.
Okay, thanks for the update.
For now I will use a workaround or conditional display of more fields in CRED, if a user wants to add more books.
