WordPress for an application system?

  • wordpress19801

    (@wordpress19801)


    6 years, 10 months ago

    I’m new to WordPress and wondering if it would be a good platform for the following student application system.

    Students should be able to:

    1. create an account
    2. fill out a large 6 page form that includes things like uploading resumes. Once the form is submitted, it will email the site admin and specific department liaison.
    3. Go back each semester and fill out additional information via a form.

    The site admin should be to:
    1. Approve or decline the application – triggers an automated email
    2. View reports (TBD)

    The department liaisons should be able to:
    1. Log in and view the applications for people in their department. The departments are listed as a dropdown on the application form.

    Is WordPress a good platform for this or would something be better? If WordPress is the way to go, any tips for getting started including plugins that would be beneficial?

    Thanks in advance!

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  • Davood Denavi

    (@binarywc)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    This will almost definitely require some custom coding for the approve/deny and view reports. Where it comes to the other stuff you could probably use WPs default user system for the accounts features. For the form you may consider using a forms Plugin such as WPForms https://wpforms.com, Gravity Forms https://gravityforms.com, or Formidable https://formidableforms.com/. I think the additional info section after each semester will also require some custom code.

    Hope this gets you headed in the correct direction. Feel free to ask any further questions you may have regarding my suggestion and I will help as my time permits.

    Thread Starter wordpress19801

    (@wordpress19801)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks for the reply. Those form plug ins seem great. What sort of custom coding would be required and can that make it difficult with things like upgrades, especially for the plug-ins? I don’t mind some custom coding, but I wonder if something like Drupal would be a better fit? I don’t have experience with either so will take some time asking around and exploring both.

    Davood Denavi

    (@binarywc)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Truthfully, this is not the place to be asking if Drupal is a better fit or ask for specifics on custom code. You can go over to sites like stackoverflow.com to get advice from people who are familiar with both Drupal and WordPress. I am sure this can be done with Drupal too but likely it will still require some custom coding.

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