Attach a File to Community Events Form

[nhaa webmaster]

Hi! I’m following up to this topic: https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/do-i-need-pro-for-community-events/#post-1015049

I’ve had one developer look at this and Add Custom Fields suggestion seemed to be more of a back-end feature. We need to add a field to attach files to the front end of the CE request form (http://nhaa.net/events/community/add).

Another developer said it’s pretty involved to add this feature by customizing your product – several hours and likely more than my non-profit client can afford.

There HAS to be a way to do this without a days worth of custom coding and breaking the bank. Please tell me you have a better solution? We really need this to work. The volume of event submissions we get is too huge not to use CE, but without a way for them to attach their flyers, the submitters are going to be VERY UNHAPPY. Please help? Thanks! 🙂

[Cliff]

Hi Jennifer. Thanks for your question and the helpful link.

File uploads are not an easy or straightforward issue to tackle, due to write permissions, file type permissions, security concerns, size limitations, where to store the files (e.g. on server or also add to Media Library database).

As such, my guess is that it’d be easier to get a WordPress plugin that handles file uploads (e.g. Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types, Caldera Forms, Ninja Forms, etc.) and map the form submissions to the tribe_events custom post type, along with our plugins’ custom fields.

Please know that we cannot provide in-depth customizations, per our Scope of Support Terms, but you might be interested in contacting one of our known customizers. (We do not take such customization work.)

I hope this info helps!

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