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    • July 7, 2016 at 10:48 am #6912
      morganrt
      Member

      Hello,
      I’m starting out with Piklist and (to some extent) WordPress. I’d like to add some custom fields to the WP comment form. I also need to modify slightly what happens when the submit button is pressed (another site needs to be updated, but that’s separate to this question).

      I’m just wondering if all that’s required is to drop the piklist form shortcode into a comment hook. Do the piklist field values get added automatically to comment_meta? Does the piklist submit button replace the default submit button, or do I have to do anything else to it?

      Many thanks,
      Morgan

    • July 8, 2016 at 10:12 am #6919
      Steve
      Keymaster

      @morganrt– You don’t need to drop in a shortcode, you can just use a Piklist field. I’m not exactly sure which hook to use, but the function can look like this:

      function extra_comment_fields() {
	piklist('field', array(
		'type' => 'text'
		,'field' => 'my_label'
		,'scope' => 'comment_meta'
		,'label' => 'My label'
	));
}

      This can go in your functions.php file.

      Let us know if this works for you and which hook you ended up using.

    • July 8, 2016 at 10:35 am #6920
      Steve
      Keymaster

      I just tried hooking to these functions, and the field renders but it doesn’t save.

      Looks like a bug. I’ll put in a ticket for it but it may take a while.

    • July 8, 2016 at 6:47 pm #6925
      morganrt
      Member

      Hello,
      Thanks for the reply. I was using the shortcode because all the piklist fields are in a file in the metabox folder. I’ve been trying to keep things as close as possible to the documentation.

      Before I heard from you, I found that the shortcode with the comment_form action worked when placed in my plugin file.

      function my_comment_form() {
echo '<p class="comment-form-comment"> '.
	do_shortcode('[piklist_form form="comment_form-metabox" add_on="toggle360"]').' </p>';
}
add_action( 'comment_form', 'my_comment_form' );

      This will save when I press the submit button. The shortcode added to the appropriate place in the theme displays but its submit button does not display.

      Now I just need to figure out how to remove the default submit button!

      Thanks,
      Morgan

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