I can make the forms, but how to get the other functionality where visitors can see all of the prayer requests listed out and possibly even e-mail the poster? I assume we can already have a prayer-chain bulk e-mail to specified users?
If I could do all of this with Wordpress and CForms I would be very happy and I am sure other ministries and churches that use Wordpress would like this too! I hate Joomla and Mambo, BTW...why I don't want to use it for just the prayer module.
Here is what I would do for the 'submit a request page':
create a dedicated page (with its own page template)
use cforms WP comment feature (and form preset) to replace the default WP comment form (see cforms HELP! section)
this allows you to:
have a dedicated page to collect requests and provide the reader with an option to send an email instead (vs. leaving a comment/request)
show all requests (which in fact are 'comments')
The above is easily doable in a matter of a couple of hours (or minutes if you know WP well). Of course you can always add more features, bells and whistles and make it a more interactive experience, e.g.:
including jQuery for Javasvript controlled show/hide of request form
including jQuery for Javasvript controlled show/hide of submissions (aka "comment section")
etc.
Derek - Guest
12:02 pm - April 12, 2008
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Ok. I think I can handle the first part with using comments. As for the JQuery, that is a little beyond me. I am not a programmer, but I can usually hack code if told what to put where.
I am still learning Wordpress, and 2.5 is taking some getting used to compared to 2.3. This is a great plugin, and the most flexible I have found so far for making forms. Keep up the good work.
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