Title: Need some basic info
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Need some basic info

 *  Resolved [pgwebgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pgwebgirl/)
 * (@pgwebgirl)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-basic-info/)
 * Your documentation is very good but as I am new to the creation of custom post
   types in wordpress I am still confused. I had thought that creating a custom 
   post type was necessary to use the form builder to create posts, however looking
   at the jobs application demo, it seems to create a post but there is no custom
   post type for this form. So maybe a custom post type is not needed. I do want
   to create an rss feed for my form and posts though, so to do an rss feed, is 
   a custom post type needed? I hope you can clarify it a bit for me. I want people
   who are looking for a job to be able to fill in a form as a guest, detailing 
   their skills and what type of job they want. I want the members of my site to
   be able to see those listings and respond to the email or contact info if there
   is a match. But they will view the listings under a login so that the contact
   info for the person applying stays private. The user/members will not need to
   edit or delete any form entries. That will be admin only. So is a custom post
   type needed?
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 *  [jamie.wahlin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamiewahlin/)
 * (@jamiewahlin)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-basic-info/#post-7581175)
 * Hello!
 * It’s not necessary to create a custom post type to use Formidable’s Create Post
   action. Also, I don’t think you’ll need a custom post type to generate an RSS
   feed, but I would bet that you could do it either way (standard post type or 
   custom post type). If you have an RSS feed up and running already, then adding
   Formidable into the process should be quite smooth.
 * Could you post in our Help Desk if you have any additional questions?
    [https://formidablepro.com/help-desk/](https://formidablepro.com/help-desk/)
 *  Thread Starter [pgwebgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pgwebgirl/)
 * (@pgwebgirl)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-basic-info/#post-7581243)
 * Hello And thanks for the answer -I am not allowed to post on your help-desk as
   I have only the basic starter level of formidable forms. when I login and click
   on helpdesk it says I am not allowed. I don’t want to buy the higher level yet
   because I am still testing out this plugin to see if it will do what I need. 
   I will work through the examples now and see what I can figure out.
 *  Thread Starter [pgwebgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pgwebgirl/)
 * (@pgwebgirl)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-basic-info/#post-7581247)
 * I have finally figured out how the post thing works. I need to collect information
   from a guest like a job posting that creates a post in my wordpress blog. I figured
   out that in order to show the different fields in the post content, I need to
   put that in the content field setting for the form. However I only need to show
   ALL the content to the logged in users. I want to show partial content, but no
   contact information to the visitor / guests to the site. So I will use the regular
   post content field for the outside post and then make a special view for logged
   in users that links to the post detail view with the entry id link instead of
   the detaillink. I have figured that out through trial and error. I am wondering
   though if I set the fields I don’t want to show to be users or logged in only.
   Can I do it without creating the extra view. Will the Post content not show the
   protected fields? Need the post to be a post so that I can rss feed it and notify
   users that there was a post or new listing.
 *  [jamie.wahlin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamiewahlin/)
 * (@jamiewahlin)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-basic-info/#post-7581262)
 * I would be happy to share some ideas for this, but you’ll need to post in our
   help desk with an active license that includes support.

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 * Last reply from: [jamie.wahlin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamiewahlin/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-basic-info/#post-7581262)
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