CPT UI & Displaying Results

Anonymous

#46601

Hi there. I have just subscribed to Pro. I am a complete newbie when it comes to all this but I am willing to put in the time to learn, if you could just point me in the right direction.

Would you be able to:

1) Tell me if you have any documentation on using your plugin with CPT UI? I created custom fields for my custom post type with CPT UI but I’m not sure how to add them to the form.

2) I want to be able to format the search results to look less plain, more like a catalog. (I am trying to build a product database.) Would you be able to point me to documentation or posts on how to format (add more fields, including photos) the results page?

Thank you very much in advance!
Carole

Anonymous

#46603

Sorry! For my 1) I didn’t mean CPT UI, I meant the Advanced Custom Fields plug in.

Trevor

#46746

Hi Carole

The ACF fields are called Post Meta and so you must drag and drop that to the form builder. In there you will see a checkbox to say it is an ACF field.

Also, when selecting the field you want, make sure the name starts without an underscore.

Styling and the appearance of the results depends on the Display Results Method you choose. ‘As and Archive’ and ‘Post Type Archive’ depend on your theme templates. You may have to edit those templates to add the ACF fields. If you are able (if your theme supports and works with it) to use the Shortcodes display result method, then that uses its own results.php template, and things are a lot more flexible.

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