It turns out WordPress uses query vars to route the request to posts/pages etc. It ended up being the case that some of my field names were already used by WordPress internally. Check http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Query_Vars for the list of vars you shouldn’t use
In theory, this should work just fine if you are putting the code directly into a theme file, and not into a post body or something. However, it is very dependent on your site’s setup. Here are some things to watch out for: Permalink structure: if using GET requests to process the form, test to … Read more
try: <?php $cat_to_EXCLUDE = 50; $cate_id = retrieve_cat_data(true); $cate_name = retrieve_cat_data(false); for ($i = 0; $i < count($cate_name); $i++ ) { ?> if ($cate_id[$i] != $cat_to_EXCLUDE){ <option value=”<?php echo $cate_id[$i]; ?>”><?php echo $cate_name[$i]; ?> </option><?php }} ?> update: if you search your theme’s functions.php file i bet you will find a function named retrieve_cat_data anyway … Read more
You could create a custom metabox with those items as custom fields and then either remove support for the editor or hide it with CSS. Then output the post meta instead on the front end. Be aware that if you remove support for the editor, you’ll have funky behavior with media attachments. Edit: If you … Read more
gravity forms (not free) and TDO mini forms plugins can enable this fairly easily.
To create form in wordpress there are two ways either use plugins or custom templates. If you want good plugin to create form then contact for 7 is the best. Url: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/ Website: http://contactform7.com/ Documentation: http://contactform7.com/docs/ To create custom template: Url: http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates
well it looks like I worked this out. On the actual admin page I need to declare my $errors array as global as well global $errors; I guess wordpress must somehow box the admin page into a function and so the $errors array was not referencing the global var.
Could you please show us your code or better yet provide an example? Sight unseen, my preliminary thought based on your description is that you are using some of the new HTML5 form elements and/or attributes. In particular, the required attribute would cause the error that you are seeing depending on the browser that you … Read more
Since this is an open ended question I’ll just give you a basic rundown of how I would do it. It seems that you would not need a cart plugin at all as you are not requiing a payment method. Therefore, I would use a simple contact form and have it send a copy to … Read more
I would created custom post type for this and store all information (Date, # of Bottles, Name, Address, phone #) in post meta. It would be a lot easier, if you use Gravity Forms or Ninja Forms, personally I’ve not used last one, but it has free lite version so it’s worth to try.