Front end dashboard fails to load custom post type

This topic has 6 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 2 years, 10 months ago by Nicholas Cox.

Viewing 7 posts - 1 through 7 (of 7 total)

Author

Posts
January 9, 2022 at 12:50 AM #33078

Nicholas Cox
Participant

Hi

I have created a page and placed the following shortcode
[mb_frontend_dashboard edit_page="256"]

I have checked and have 3 custom post types with the author of admin. But when i go to the page there are 0 posts. Any ideas why?

Also I have tested the default 'post' type in WordPress the shortcode displays the post successfully. So it seems to be an issue just with custom post types?

Thanks

Add New Note to this Reply

January 9, 2022 at 7:02 PM #33092
Long Nguyen
Moderator
Hi,

You need to add the attribute post_type and assign the post type slug in the frontend submission shortcode to edit this post type on the frontend dashboard page.
```
[mb_frontend_form id="meta-box-id" post_fields="title,content" post_type="cpt-slug"]
```
Add New Note to this Reply
January 9, 2022 at 7:58 PM #33096

Nicholas Cox
Participant

hi

Ok thanks, im not using the 'mb_frontend_form id'

im using the [mb_frontend_dashboard] shortcode
[mb_frontend_dashboard edit_page="256"]
there is no option to target the post type in the documentation https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-frontend-submission/#user-posts-dashboard

Add New Note to this Reply

January 9, 2022 at 10:00 PM #33099

Long Nguyen
Moderator

Hi,

That means on the page that has the shortcode frontend submission, you need to add the post_type attribute, not the shortcode frontend dashboard. Refer to the documentation https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-frontend-submission/#shortcode-attributes

Add New Note to this Reply

January 9, 2022 at 10:14 PM #33100

Nicholas Cox
Participant

sorry i am confused. So I cannot use the dashboard edit screen for custom post types?
[mb_frontend_dashboard edit_page="256"]

e.g.
https://i.imgur.com/LxPh4xH.png

Add New Note to this Reply

January 10, 2022 at 8:39 AM #33110

Long Nguyen
Moderator

Hi,

Yes, it is possible to use the frontend dashboard to edit the custom post type. On the page with ID 256, you need to add the frontend submission shortcode

[mb_frontend_form id="meta-box-id" post_fields="title,content" post_type="cpt-slug"]

Remember to change the cpt-slug with your post type slug. Refer to this topic https://support.metabox.io/topic/dashboard-not-working/#post-29143

Let me know how it goes.

Add New Note to this Reply

January 10, 2022 at 5:50 PM #33131

Nicholas Cox
Participant

Ah ok so the shortcode only works when its used beside 'mb_frontend_form'. Well that's ok if I wanted the both forms to be on one page, but I want the user dashboard to be on its own page. So this solution wont work for me. Sorry I should have explained further.

I was assuming I could do something like this. With adding 'post_type="cpt-slug"'. But no worries, I will have to implement my own Dashboard.
[mb_frontend_dashboard edit_page="256" post_type="cpt-slug"]

Add New Note to this Reply
Author

Posts

Viewing 7 posts - 1 through 7 (of 7 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.