Formidable Forms Views

Description

The Views addon transforms Formidable Forms entries into listings, tables, calendars, and grids displayed on the site’s front end, connecting shortcodes to customizable templates with dynamic filters, pagination, field search, and column sorting. This add-on extends Formidable Forms beyond data collection, allowing you to create member directories, classified listings, event portals, client dashboards, and dynamic pages powered by form submissions.

Key Features

• Multiple layout types
  Renders entries as a grid, table, calendar, classified listings, or a fully customized list.
• Dynamic parameter-based filters
  Filters results by logged-in user, category, date, taxonomy, or a specific field value.
• Visual template editor
  Builds the structure of each View by dragging fields and variable placeholders into the dedicated editor.
• Automatic detail page
  Generates a unique URL for each submission, with a dedicated layout and complete entry data.
• Pagination, sorting, and search
  Adds front-end pagination controls, column sorting, and a field search bar.

Benefits of Views

• Directories without coding
  Builds member, professional, or business directories directly from form entries.
• Dashboards for logged-in users
  Shows each authenticated visitor only their own submissions and filtered reports.
• Reuses previously collected data
  Eliminates the need to duplicate content by publishing form submissions on the site.
• Self-updating listings
  Automatically refreshes pages as new entries arrive, without manually editing content.

Who Is It For?

• Sites that need to transform form submissions into public content, such as directories, classified listings, and event listings.
• Restricted areas with customized dashboards, where each member views only their own entries and reports.
• Agencies and developers who build portals, marketplaces, and databases on Formidable Forms.

As the display layer for Formidable Forms, Views completes the cycle between data capture and presentation without requiring coding. It works well for projects that combine a public form with a restricted members area, from simple directories to portals with chained filters, while keeping design control in the template editor and the data structure in the form’s original settings.

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