Sign-Up Form To Auto-Create New WordPress Site Page?

Hi @stumur,

Hope you are doing good today. 🙂

I’m afraid, there isn’t any way to split the submission and send it to different sources in a single form.

So when the users submit all the data will be stored in the submission. However, you can publish or add post via Forminator and can select what fields you need to be added to the page meta fields. So in short, the users are submitting the full form but when creating or publish a post only the selected fields gets assigned to custom fields in your post. So maybe that would help cover your 2nd point raised?

You’ll need to use the “Post Data” field and use “Custom Fields” to assign any custom fields to your listing post type.

Other than that, if you are looking to organize the submissions it would be better to keep the data separate in 2 different forms.

I hope this helps clear your query. Please do let us know if you have any further query. Have a nice day ahead.

Kind Regards,
Nithin

Hi @stumur

I’m afraid there isn’t really any detailed guide on how to do this as it’s quite specific requirement/workflow.

For what it’s worth, let me try to give you a bit more details though.

Let’s first assume that the “band page” is just a regular page on your site and that all the information from the form should be “automagically” fetched to that page.

So first step would be to make sure that for all the data that you want to display (and that would pretty much be directly related to the fields that you gather in the form, except for “Band name”, “Band short biography” and “Main band photo” – I’ll get back to it alter) – that this data is “defined” in form of custom fields.

You can use Advanced Custom Fields or Custom FIeld Suite plugins for that (or similar) – both are available from wordpress.org plugin repository.

Once you got your fields defined and their names (labels, like e.g. “band_phone”) noted down, you will want to create a new form (you’d use that from instead of your current one) of “Create Post” type.

On that form there’ll be “Post Data” type filed so you’d need to edit it.

– enable “Title” and change its label to “Band name” or similar
– enable “Content” and change its label to “Band biography” or similar
– enable “Featured Image” and change its label to “Band main photo” or similar
– enable “Custom Fields”

The last part is when the “fun” begins. You can add as many custom fields as you want and you need to use previously noted down custom fields’ names (labels) as labels here in configuration, leaving the “Value” part empty.

These fields will be your other form fields to gather information about the band. Then in “Post Data” field settings you’ll need to select “Page” as “Post type” and default status (whether it should be published immediately or e.g. as draft so you could review it”), assign default author and so on.

Once the form is published and added to page, band representative can fill it in and submit and it will automatically create page on your site, storing gathered information as posts custom fields.

You will also need to create custom page template that will actually display these fields (or use shortcodes for this if you’re e.g. using ACF plugin, I think) but that’s another subject.

As for creating posts (pages in this case) with Forminator, you’ll also find link to docs in footer on “Forminator -> Dashboard” page in your site’s wp-admin.

Best regards,
Adam

Hi @stumur,

I’m afraid, we don’t undertake custom jobs as it’s outside our scope. We can surely help or advise if you have any questions with setting up anything specific in the form side.

Please do let us know if you have any further queries with the steps mentioned by Adam in his previous reply we’ll try our best to explain further if needed.

Have a nice day ahead.

Kind Regards,
Nithin

Hello @stumur ,

1. their personal contact details to be added to our teledex, and
2. their band bits n pieces (mp3’s, biography, mp4’s etc) to auto-create a band listing page just like our others already in existance?

Yes, it is possible to put two separate forms on one page. So first, lets calling it “basic contact form” would gather the information that you need for your first point.
And then, the second form would be used for the second of your requirements and that is what Adam described here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sign-up-form-to-auto-create-new-wordpress-site-page/#post-13281388

kind regards,
Kasia