The customer wanted to allow coaches, defined as CPTs, to edit their own records using Toolset Forms. He explored two potential methods but was unsure how to implement them using Toolset, especially since he uses the legacy version of Views. The primary challenge was to ensure each coach could only edit their own record without using the standard WordPress authentication system.
Solution:
We suggested using a unique URL with a secret parameter to allow coaches to access and edit their records. The steps include:
Adding a custom field (coach_secret) to each coach's profile.
Generating and sending a unique URL to each coach containing the secret parameter.
Creating a custom shortcode to handle the secret verification and display the form pre-filled with the coach's details.
Implementing a custom function to validate the secret parameter against the coach_secret field.
Here is a simplified version of the custom code used:
Problem:
The customer needed to filter posts in her directory by a custom taxonomy called Features, ensuring that only posts with all selected tags were displayed (using an AND operator instead of OR).
Solution:
We determined that Toolset Blocks does not natively support changing the operator from OR to AND for multiple select fields. As a workaround, we enabled legacy views and configured the custom search to use the AND operator. Additionally, we used custom code with the wpv_filter_query filter to change the operator to AND. The specific code was added to the theme's functions.php file, targeting the correct view_id:
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add_filter('wpv_filter_query', 'custom_taxonomy_query_operator', 10, 3);
function custom_taxonomy_query_operator($query_args, $view_settings, $view_id) {
if ($view_id == 509) {
if (isset($query_args['tax_query'])) {
foreach ($query_args['tax_query'] as &$tax_query) {
if (isset($tax_query['operator']) && $tax_query['operator'] == 'IN') {
$tax_query['operator'] = 'AND';
}
}
}
}
return $query_args;
}
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How can I limit the maximum total count of characters or lines in a multi-line field in a form?
Solution:
Use the following jQuery code to limit the number of lines in a multi-line field. This example sets a limit of 2 lines, but you can adjust this by changing the value of maxLines:
[php]
jQuery.noConflict();
(function($) {
$(document).ready(function() {
var maxLines = 2;
$('textarea').on('input', function() {
var textarea = $(this);
var lines = textarea.val().split('\n');
if (lines.length > maxLines) {
textarea.val(lines.slice(0, maxLines).join('\n'));
}
});
});
})(jQuery);
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