Assign Authorship Channel Form

Question

i have a Channel Form that will allow users to apply for a job post, users are registered and logged in when applying, how can i assign the authorship of that entry to the author of the job post (recruiter)? Right now the form works and reflects the author as the job seeker.

Code:

{exp:channel:entries 
channel="recruiter_job"  
status="open|featured|draft"
require_entry="yes" 
limit="1" 
dynamic="no"
entry_id="{segment_3}" 
disable="trackbacks|pagination"
}

<h3>Applying for : {title} </h3>
<hr>

{exp:channel:form 
channel="application" 
return="/jobs/apply/ENTRY_ID/application" 
include_jquery="yes"
include_assets="yes" 
error_handling="inline" 
preserve_checkboxes="yes" 
class='custom'
datepicker="no"
logged_out_member_id="{author_id}"
}

 {if global_errors}<ul><li>{global_errors}{error}{/global_errors}</li></ul>{/if}

 {embed="includes/title_job" author_id="{author_id}" } {!-- /EMBED AUTHOR ID OF THE RECRUITER--}

 {field:job_application}
{if error:job_application}{error:job_application}{/if}


{/exp:channel:form} 
{/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 1

So your seeker user is logged in? The logged_out_member_id parameter will not work then.

Try setting author_id with a hidden input, e.g.

<input type="hidden" name="author_id" value="{author_id}" />

If that also does not work, consider having instead a custom field containing member_id of recruiter.