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Can wordpress do this?

by James Pierson
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I was told to post this in this forum to get better responses:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...dpress-do.html
I want to create a database driven simple app/section on one of my wordpress sites.

How can this be done on wordpress using a plugin?

Basically, what I want is sort of like a form where users can:
Enter text/data
Select radio buttons or checkboxes
Make a selection from drop down menu

And based on their selection information would show up.

I know there are plugins that allow wordpress to turn into an ecommerce/shopping store and there are shopping cart plugins as well. These would include the above mentioned functionality into wordpress among other things. So, I know that it is possible.

I am looking for an easy/simple way (using a plugin) to just create the database driven section alone.

understand that I need to write the backend code for this.

I am not good with server side coding like PHP which would be required for this. So I thought there must be an existing solution (using a plugin) for wordpress for getting this done.

Or if I could take one of the existing plugins and maybe using it to get what I want, that would be cool too (But without any coding needed for the customizing but only customizing from the admin panel - WYSIWYG).


The problem is that I don't know how to work with php. I am not a developer. That's why I thought maybe there is an existing solution that I can use.
#wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author ivankristianto
    Do you mean something like knowledge based form?
    User input their information and the system reply with a solution?
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Walker
    There is a possibility in your question but as above post stated the question is misleading?/not clear. wp can almost possibly do anything.
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  • Profile picture of the author majick
    consider whether you need a database at all, if you just want to create a form that displays different information depending on what the user submits, just put the data in the code that processes the form.
    I would say you don't need a database unless you want to be able to save the user information or their selections in some way, in which case it becomes a question of security too, do the users need to login with a password etc.
    if it is not sensitive information, for temporary storage you could have a PHP file write their selected info to a small text file based on their IP.
    but again it is a question of whether you need to actually store something or just using return data based on their selection.
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