Modifying templates to use it dynamically with Contact Form 7
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Hello everyone,
I’m currently working on a download portal for free files, and my goal is to have a link open a form created with ‘Contact Form 7’ (which is already functioning) that includes the title of the download, so I can identify which download the request is for. Generally, this is not a big deal and works when I open a single download page on my website. However, it doesn’t work when I list the downloads on a page using a shortcode like ‘[sdm_show_dl_from_category category_slug=”2143″ fancy=”1″ pagination=”20″]’, as it only displays the title of the page itself—in my case ‘test’—and not the specific download title, such as ‘2143 – Alle Bilder’.
I’m currently using the shortcode [dynamictext dynamicname “CF7_get_current_var key=’title'”], but this only displays the title of the page, not the title of the download in a download category overview.
To keep things simple, I’m looking for a solution to grab the download ID and the download TITLE. Alternatively, I need to know how I can modify the existing template without losing my changes after a plugin update.
You can see an example on the given page. Click on “Kontaktformular ?ffnen” and you’ll see the title of the page above the checkbox.
Displaying “test”: https://www.merker.sh/test/
Displaying “2143 – Alle Bilder”: https://www.merker.sh/sdm_downloads/2143-alle-bilder/I already tried creating a child theme and copying the template files from your plugin into my child theme to make my changes ‘update-safe’, but it seems this is not currently supported by your plugin.
Best regards,
JulianThe page I need help with: [log in to see the link]
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Hey mbrsolution,
thank you for your response. I achieved my goal with the following modification in the functions.php file:
add_filter('sdm_generate_fancy1_display_output_html', 'customize_sdm_fancy1_output', 10, 2);
function customize_sdm_fancy1_output($output, $args) {
// Get the download title based on the download ID
$download_title = get_the_title($args['id']);
// Removing HTML entities from the title
$download_title_plain = html_entity_decode($download_title, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
// Generate a unique ID for the form and input field
$unique_id = 'download-' . $args['id'];
// Create an HTML form with a button that passes the download title
$additional_button = '<form action="#" method="post" style="display:inline;">
<input type="hidden" id="' . esc_attr($unique_id) . '" name="download-title" value="' . esc_attr($download_title_plain) . '">
<button type="button" class="custom-button wow-modal-id-1" style="margin-left: 10px; padding: 10px; background-color: #0073aa; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px;" onclick="setTextFieldValue(\'' . esc_attr($unique_id) . '\')">Fragen?</button>
</form>
<script>
function setTextFieldValue(id) {
var downloadTitle = document.getElementById(id).value;
document.querySelector(\'input[name="text-field-name"]\').value = downloadTitle;
}
</script>';
// Placing the form after the existing download button
$output = str_replace('</span></div>', '</span>' . $additional_button . '</div>', $output);
return $output;
}To integrate it with Contact Form 7, you can use the following shortcode:
[text text-field-name]In my setup, I’m also using the ‘Modal Window’ plugin to open a pop-up window that contains my contact form. This might be helpful for others as well.
I used the following shortcode from Simple Download Monitor, along with my modifications, to display the downloads:
[sdm_show_dl_from_category category_slug="MySuperCategory" fancy="1"]BR, Julian
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