Mixing with my own content possible?

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  • Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    It depends on the fields that are required. If you only need the fields provided with the free version of USP, then you can try setting up a custom form using the provided template. Otherwise, if you need more/alternate fields in the form, or don’t want to hassle with the custom template, the Pro version could do it (and much more).

    Thread Starter AlternativePhotography

    (@alternativephotography)

    Thank you.
    It looks good. Does it work for non-registered users as well?
    Malin

    Thread Starter AlternativePhotography

    (@alternativephotography)

    I’ve attached a picture, maybe it’s easier to understand what i mean.
    The text marked in blue would be mine and the one in red would be user generated content.
    https://alternativephotography.com/temp/mixing-content.jpg
    I would also like to keep the formatting on the specific headlines, byline, subheading, text and so on. Is this possible?

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    The plugin can definitely help to implement just about form/combo that you can imagine. But keep in mind that it is up to your theme to display the submitted content on the front-end. So for example you can use USP to collect the user-submitted content, and then you can add template tags to your theme template to display things where you want them. In other words, USP collects the information that you can display however is desired via your theme. So to “mix” the content, you will need to make some changes to your theme; the plugin does not take the liberty of doing that for you.

    I hope this makes sense, let me know if I can elaborate.

    Thread Starter AlternativePhotography

    (@alternativephotography)

    Thank you. Yes, please, i’m not quite sure what you mean with:
    “you can add template tags to your theme template”
    Is this inside USP or is the template some other place?
    ??

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    Yes, the WordPress theme template is fundamental to creating stuff with WordPress. Here is more information from here at www.ads-software.com:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Stepping_Into_Templates

    Highly recommended reading, and you can find much more on the topic (or any topic for that matter) via your favorite search engine.

    Thread Starter AlternativePhotography

    (@alternativephotography)

    Back again. Sorry I’m not a wiz at backend stuff… Is there a tutorial how to get started?
    I’ve set up PAGE templates, but the content I would like to generate is POST templates.
    For my posts i use single.php.
    Do I make a copy of this and moderate it?
    I don’t want all my posts to change, just the ones that are user generated.
    Does that make sense to you? ??
    So, if i set up a new post template called “user-content.php” or something like that. How do i then get the form into the page here and there?

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    Yes, there is better than a tutorial on how to get started:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Stepping_Into_Templates

    That’s straight from the experts here at www.ads-software.com, so optimal infos ??

    For the form tag, check the readme.txt – it explains which tag(s) you can use to display the form anywhere in your theme.

    Thread Starter AlternativePhotography

    (@alternativephotography)

    Thank you. I’ve read it all apart from the .txt file. I’m trying to access it from within my plugin.
    “More info: readme.txt and homepage”
    But i get a 403:
    “403 Permission Denied
    You do not have permission for this request /wp/wp-content/plugins/user-submitted-posts/readme.txt”
    Can I read it elsewhere?

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    The readme.txt is included with the plugin zip file, so just download, unzip, and read.

    Thread Starter AlternativePhotography

    (@alternativephotography)

    Thank you for your patience.
    I have read and read and read, but I still can’t figure out how to do this…

    This is (a bit simplified) what I’m trying to do:
    (Insert usp_mail_subject that comes from a form)
    Writer / Photographer (insert user_submit_name from a form)
    A bit of intro written by me, i.e. not from a form.
    <hr>
    <body>(insert user_submit_image from a form)(insert usp_post_author from a form)(insert user_submit_image from a form)</body>

    So, where do i enter the html (my own) and my intro?
    I can’t add it to single.php, then i will change every single page…
    (Maybe I’m not meant to do this… about to give up… ?? )

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    Is this for the Pro version or free version of USP?

    Thread Starter AlternativePhotography

    (@alternativephotography)

    I have the free version, but when I’m sure I can do this I’ll get the pro version…

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    No it’s not that.. I ask because it sounded like maybe you were, and these forums are only for the free plugins hosted here in the Plugin Directory. So if it’s the free version I can try to help here, or if the Pro version, I can help via Plugin Planet.

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