Just about anything is possible with PHP if you are willing to work out the needed custom code. You might be able to find plugins that offer similar functionality to either replace or supplement custom coding. The auto-fill of Google map data would depend on the Google maps API, not WP capabilities. I know you can query their DB, but I don’t know if it’s fast enough for auto-fill. The rest of your features are definitely possible. I don’t know if you would consider their implementation as being done “easily”.
Sure thanks, makes a lot of sense.
I know a little php, like very basic, but how do I implement it in wordpress/my website.
Do you know of any tutorials that shows how?
I like playing around with code and do a lot of trial and error, so i dont mind spending a lot of time trying back and forth 🙂
I like your willingness to jump into the unknown and figure it out 🙂 Unfortunately, I can’t point you to any all encompassing tutorials. You basically need to stitch together several small coding tasks into one overall awesome page (tabbed of course). How to accomplish small tasks should be found by simply searching the ‘net. You’ll need to know enough of PHP syntax to be able to stitch it all together. When WP_DEBUG is defined as true on wp-config.php, PHP will tell you when/what you did wrong syntactically. You will eventually get it figured out.
You will want to be placing your custom code on a custom page template, which can be added to any theme. Avoid framework based themes installed as a child theme of the framework. They are more difficult to customize because you would rather have your own child theme to protect your work from theme updates. Frameworks will all be commercial themes, AFAIK all free themes in the WP repository are never installed as child themes.
If you were thinking of developing your own theme, don’t. There’s too much drudgery involved. Pick a nice theme and customize it through a child theme. If you really insist on your own theme, at least work off of a starter theme like _s (“underscores”)
The tabbed page organization is well documented on the ‘net, there’s nothing special about a WP implementation. Refer to the Google maps API documentation for map related information. They have their own forums with very helpful members.
HTML5 has a date specific form field, you merely need to use it. There are also JS and jQuery calendar plugins that offer more elaborate UIs. WP has the wp_mail() function for sending emails. You merely need code to decide when to use it.
You’ve probably already found the Codex for WP docs. There’s also developer focused docs that will be very useful.
Best of luck to you! And most importantly, enjoy the learning process. Find reward in successfully implementing even the most minor new concept.
