Create Content forms allow constituents to share personal stories, photos, and so on which creates a higher level of engagement and a sense of ownership. This in turn leads to more frequent action by constituents such as donations or volunteering. The user-facing page typically consists of a form (for constituents to complete), and a list component to display other site visitor's submissions.
When users submit a completed Create Content form, it creates a content item. Therefore, submissions can be treated like any other content item and may be configured for content relationships, dynamic lists, search, and work flow. Each submission is added as an interaction to the Constituent profile. Finally, when you create the form, you can assign it to an approval work flow, save it in draft form, or allow it to be auto-published.
When you build the Create Content form, you configure its properties (such as which Content Type it is based on, who the content owner is, what folder to store submissions and so on) and edit the form in the WYSIWYG content editor.
Designing a Content Type for User Submissions
It is recommended that you create a separate content type for user submission forms if only users will be submitting the form. However, if both administrators and users will be submitting content, use an existing content type. Whether you are creating a new content type or using an existing content type, you must edit the Author Entry form to include all the fields that you will need for the Create Content forms. If you add a field to a Create Content form that is not in the Author Entry form, the data submitted by constituents for that field will not be collected.
Warning: Editing Content Types after you have added Create Content forms to a web page can invalidate the form. Furthermore, if the page with the form is unpublished, when you publish it, any submissions made with that form will not create a content type.