Do you want your form submissions to have images, Word Documents, PDF’s and other files? Don’t worry; Pie Forms has got you covered! The Pie Forms File Upload field does just this. Here is how you can use it.
To add the File Upload field in your form, first, you need to create a form on Pie Forms. If you are new to Pie Forms, you may want to look at How to create your first form on Pie Forms.
Once you are in the File Upload settings, you can customize this field in many ways.
File Upload allows you to select two different styles of uploads: Modern and Classic.
In this feature, you can choose the method through which your form collects files. If your form requires only one file, you can select ‘Classic’ from the drop-down menu. Here is what it looks like:
If your forms require submitting more than one file, you can choose ‘Modern’ from your drop down menu. Here is what it looks like. (Premium Users)
But how do you limit the number of files a user can upload? Don’t worry. That is covered in the section coming up next. If you are a Basic User, you can jump to the File Upload Advanced Settings section.
The ‘Modern’ option allows your form to collect multiple files at the same time. To set a limit to the number of files, here is what you need to do.
Besides setting the maximum file number, the Advanced Settings of File Upload allow you to use multiple other features for customization.
Admin can decide the directory in which your form’s uploaded files will show. If you tick the ‘Store files in WordPress Media Library’ option as shown in the image below, your form’s received files will be stored in the WordPress media library.
If you do not tick this option, the files will be stored in the Uploads directory of your site, inside the Pie Forms folder. As soon as a user fills a form and uploads a file, it shows in your email. From your email, you can easily go to whichever directory you have chosen to store the uploaded files; either WordPress Media Library or your site’s Pie Forms folder directory.
The final feature of the File Upload field is that it allows you to apply conditional logic to your forms.
If you tick the ‘Enable Conditional Logic’ box, a menu opens up beneath it, as shown in the image.
You can add multiple groups of conditional logic just by clicking the ‘Add Conditional Group’ option.
The last step, before you save and exit from your form builder, is to add your email ID in the Admin Email Settings.
As soon as a form is submitted, the added address will receive a notification. Once your Form Fields and Form Settings are finalized, you can save them by clicking on the ‘Save’ button on the top right corner of your form builder.
Save and preview.
When a user fills and submits a form, you will receive an email notification in the email that you have set in Admin Email Settings. From your email notification, you can access the user’s uploaded files. Here is what the email looks like.
You can also access the uploaded images from your WordPress Dashboard.
Once you click on view, it allows you to access the file uploaded in the form as shown below in the image.
That is it. You have learned how to use the File Upload feature for your form. You can now collect multiple files from your users and access them easily!
