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Hi Neil,

It's the same problem as for Beaver Themer when you output a group field in the admin columns. It's not supported yet.

when I add any values to the custom field form for my CPT “Packages” – the values dont’ save when I click Submit. so if no values are stored for my custom field that I want displayed in admin columns, will that prevent the title of the column from displaying too?

Can you check why the fields are not saved? Without values, the column is still displayed in the table, but the column is empty. The column table is always displayed, though.

Hi,

The data is still in the custom table when you uninstall the extension. However, the meta boxes will save new data to the post meta table when you create a new post or update an existing post.

Hi Neil,

You're right. Until now, the group is not supported yet. I'll work on that later.

Well, the back end is more supported than the front end 🙂 So, all you need to do is tick this checkbox for group in the Builder:

https://imgur.elightup.com/CdTAmtX.png

Hi,

To use array in ID, it's better to use the MB Group. This issue is not only about the HTML output, but also the data saved in the database. I guess you want an array of values, so Group is exactly that.

Hi, I've just fixed this bug on Github. New version is coming soon.

Hi Neil,

The tel input still allows to enter text. In order to force a format, please add another custom attribute with name pattern and value like [0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4} (123-456-7890). Then the plugin will use that pattern as a validator for data entered.

Please note that the value is a regular expression, where [0-9] means only numbers, {3} means only 3 times. For more info, please read this guide.

Hi Neil,

#1. I'm afraid there's no pagination supported at the moment. But I think you can use the MB Tabs to organize the fields into tabs, so not many fields are displayed to users at once.

#2. Yes, that's doable. Firstly, you need to create an archive page for your packages. It's like a custom post type archive in WordPress, so no big deal.

Secondly, create a "Edit" page, where you insert the shortcode [mb_frontend_form] to edit a package.

Finally, add a link to the "Edit" page in packages. To make the "Edit" page understands the package, you can pass the post_id to its URL. So, I'd like to use a filter to auto insert the link to package's post content, like this:

add_filter( 'the_content', function( $content ) {
    if ( ! is_singular( 'package' ) ) {
        return $content;
    }
    $edit_page = 123; // ID to "Edit" page
    $edit_page_link = get_permalink( $edit_page );
    $edit_link = add_query_arg( 'rwmb_frontend_field_post_id', get_the_ID(), $edit_page_link );
    $content .= "<p><a href='$edit_link'>Edit package</a></p>";
} );