Customizing form outputs

Hi,

1. The think the easiest way to do that is to replace all the <input type=”checkbox”> with <option> tags in the /core/acps_widget.php or /core/shortcodes/acps_shortcodes.php files ; in the “foreach( $acps_taxonomy_terms as $acps_taxonomy_term” loop.

But don’t forget to open the <select> tag before the loop, and to close it after.

2. I’m not sure to understand what you wanted to know, but all the HTML IDs and classes used on each term are defined in the acps_widget.php/acps_shortcodes.php files.

Good luck.

ps : i’m not the creator of the plugin, so I may be wrong ??

Heya,

1) That’s about right yes.

2) You’d just have to add some classes in the loop either in the acps_shortcodes.php or widget file (depending on what you’re using to create the form). If you have any problems just post another reply with the example and I’ll do my best to help!

Apologies for the slow response time too!

Thank you, both of you, for your replies.

I have successfully changed my fields to a customized select input, so thank you!

I am still deciding upon whether my layout will need a column set up or if it is fine the way it is. Just a design problem on my end but adding a class to the containers worked.

Unrelated, is it possible to target a specific taxonomy? I want to change one of the input fields to use check boxes, but of course I would like to keep the rest as <select> inputs. I’m not sure what would be the best way to target this in the acps_shortcodes.php file.

Shane: Kudos to you for creating an excellent plugin!

I think the best way is to break the foreach( $acps_taxonomy_terms as $acps_taxonomy_term ) loop, in order to define how each taxonomy is built in the form.

Duplicate the instructions which were inside the foreach loop and replace all the $acps_taxonomy_term with $acps_taxonomy_terms[0], $acps_taxonomy_terms[1] depending on the number of taxonomies you have/want.

Then you can edit each instruction to choose how each taxonomy is display.
Hope you can understand what I mean!

Good luck.

I think I understand what you mean, but do you mind showing me an example?

PHP is a language I struggle with, especially when dealing with WordPress, so I might need a bit more explanation.

I made a mistake in my previous post, I was thinking about the `foreach($acps_taxonomy_values as $key => $value)’ loop.

Here’s how the plugin works (acps_widgets.php) :
For each taxonomy (line 222), if the multiple terms option is checked (line 242), it’s will build a checkbox input for each term (line 243-258).
Else (if the multiple terms option is NOT checked), it will build a <select> tag with all the terms in <option> (line 260-278).

So the plugin is not made to display each taxonomy differently, if you still want to do that, you’ll have to delete the foreach($acps_taxonomy_values as $key => $value) loop and to duplicate all the code between lines 222 and 284 in order to display each taxonomy individually.

I don’t have time right now to show you an example, sorry.
Good luck!

Thanks Destinyamber ?? Did you manage to get it working as intended? I’m struggling to keep up with the support at the moment whilst I’m trying to complete 2.0 as well! I’d recommend just playing around with some basics until 2.0 – where most things should be easily editable by a third party!

I haven’t been able to try and target a specific taxonomy. This PHP is a bit out of my knowledge, so I may need an example of how to do this.

However, I understand you are busy working on 2.0. I look forward to its release!