Hi,
I've created a custom post type that makes it possible to create a "project / job". However I want other users to be able to submit their quote on projects placed by others.
How could I best do this as I'm not quite sure what's the best approach.
I was thinking about creating a custom taxonomy called "quotes" and create an attached form, however I have a feeling this could be done better. As the quote should be sent to the emailadress of the owner of the original post.
I've been searching the documentation but couldn't find a concrete answer / idea.
Hello,
You can try these:
1) create a custom post type "Quote" as child post type of "project":
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/creating-post-type-relationships/
2) Create a CRED form for users to submit "Quote" posts:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/cred-forms-for-child-content/
3) In above CRED form, setup the "email notification" settings:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/automated-email-notifications-with-cred/
4) Add author of parent "project" post as the email notification recipient with CRED filter hook "cred_notification_recipients",
for example, add below codes into your theme/functions.php:
add_filter('cred_notification_recipients', 'my_cred_notification_recipients_func', 10, 4);
function my_cred_notification_recipients_func($recipients, $notification, $form_id, $post_id){
if (12345 == $form_id){
$parent_slug = "project";
$field_slug = '_wpcf_belongs_' . $parent_slug . '_id';
$parent_post_id = get_post_meta($post_id, $field_slug, true);
$parent_post_author_id = get_post_field ('post_author', $parent_post_id );
$author_email = get_the_author_meta('user_email', parent_post_author_id );
$recipients[] = array('to'=>'to', 'name'=>'', 'lastname'=>'', 'address'=>$author_email );
}
return $recipients;
}
Please replace 12345 with the CRED form ID of step 2
Thanks a lot for the detailed reply. It all worked up until the point where I had to Create a Child post link. For some reason when I search for a target page none of my pages can be found. Is there a workaround for this?
For the new problem:
For some reason when I search for a target page none of my pages can be found
I assume we are talking about display CRED form link for creating child "Quote" post in a single "project".
If it is, please follow our document to setup the CRED form link:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/cred-forms-for-child-content/#displaying-the-form
If the problem still exists, please check these:
1) Make sure you are using the latest version of Toolset plugins., you can download them here:
https://toolset.com/account/downloads/
2) Deactivate other plugins and switch to wordpress default theme, and test again
3) Create a new thread for the new question, describe detail steps to duplicate same problem, that will help other users to find the answers.
