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Updating an entry that will be updated multiple times
This vexed me for a while.
I have a form on a single page. I wanted a user to be able to essentially save as they went, and also easily update later on.
The user must login to access the form page. When they login they are automatically taken to that page.
It's a bit counterintuitive, but you uncheck "allow logged-in users to save drafts" and redirect submit and update to the same page the form is on. That updates the entry and essentially reloads the entry on the page with the updated data.
Screenshot of settings attached.
August 25, 2015 at 11:45 am
Just curious, did the save draft feature not provide the functionality you were looking for? If not, what functionality was missing?
August 25, 2015 at 12:16 pm
The "save draft" didn't really work in this instance, as the user is expected to come back to the form to update multiple times (and actually, two individuals share the same user information).
I changed both the "submit" and "update" buttons to read "save", as that's what we want the user to do every time. From our perspective, there's no real reason for the difference in form action between submit, save and update.
August 25, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Ok, fair enough. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
March 2, 2018 at 2:34 pm
@Goatcloud - I know, I'm digging up an old post, but after days of searching, you're the only one I've seen been able to accomplish what I'm looking for. I've got the same setup in that I don't allow drafts, and instead allow Submit and Update - This allows users to have more than one 'incomplete' entry.
My challenge which it looks like you've been able to resolve is this - Some of my customers with multi page forms need to be able to save the form at each page. I've got a Save button working fine on each form page, but I've been unable to figure out how to redirect the user to the next page after clicking to save. Instead, I get the regular confirmation message.
It looks like you've been able to have your button save the entry, and can redirect to the same page. Ideally, I'd like to scrap the save button, and just have the 'Next' button save the entry, and take the user to the next page (or the same one if that's all we can do).
Would love any help you might be able to provide, or point me to....
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