Starting version 2.0, the use of your author box will change completely. With this added support for Contact Form 7 and Gravity Forms, you can now add Contact the Author Tab. Much more if you are using the author box as property agent box, can serve as Contact the Agent for each properties. Unlimited Possibilities can be done with these added amazing features.
Contact Form 7
- When Creating a form, we’ve added Author Box Email and Name Fields that can easily added using the default ‘Generate Tag’ option. Then Copy and Paste the shortcode tag to the left form.
- The shortcode will programatically add the current author box email and name values. Add the email field name to ‘Mail Form’ under “To:” field. Then each author will receive each form submission.
- You can also add the author name field to the mail form to automatically add authors name on each email, like for example on the email signature area. Thanks!
- Save the Form and Copy the Shortcode.
Gravity Form
- New Fields are added under Post Fields
- Click the Field and Add Specific Label.
- To Add the Notification Option for each Authors, Go to Form Settings > Notifications then select or create new notification.
- After Selecting the Notification, under ‘Send To’ select Select a Field and select the Label you’ve added for the ‘Author Box Email’ Field.
- Save the Form and Copy the Shortcode.
- Then Go to WP Author Box > Tab Settings and ‘Add Tab’.
- Select ‘Contact Form’ under Tab Content Type Field.
- Contact Form Shortcode field will appear, then paste the form shortcode and ‘Switch On’ the Show tab Field.
- Add Contact Author Form Directly to Author Box! - November 16, 2014
- Displaying Author Box Using Shortcode - November 16, 2014
Amazing isn't it? You can create as many custom tabs as you want. You can also assign this as custom content, contact form or latest custom posts,pages or post types.
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