When I add a new category field and then go to edit an already existing category, the new field is already filled with the information from the custom field above.
I added a field a while ago called linksnippet - like a short description for the Show Links in Category page. I also added a text based address/directions field. The snippet text is showing in the address field until manually replace it.
This is only happening on existing links. Anything new that I add works as expected.
On installing wsn I first created 3 custom cat fields (fields 1, 2 and 3). I then made several new categories, filling in these 3 fields with html info (my affiliate info). I then added a link in the categories.
I then thought of another cat field (field 4)I required so created that. On the suggest cat form the new field 4 is below the the previous field 3 I had created.
Fields 1,2 and 3 are text boxes, field 4 is a drop down box.
In each of the categories that was already there the new field was filled with the information from field 3.
I made a new category and field 4 was empty. It only happened with categories that were already there prior to creating the new cat field.
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When I add a new category field and then go to edit an already existing category, the new field is already filled with the information from the custom field above.
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Interesting. I'm getting the same thing on links.
I added a field a while ago called linksnippet - like a short description for the Show Links in Category page. I also added a text based address/directions field. The snippet text is showing in the address field until manually replace it.
This is only happening on existing links. Anything new that I add works as expected.
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That's not what happens when adding a category field keeping the defaults. Tell me what steps to follow and what template content you're using.
What does "filled with the information from the custom field above" mean? What information would that be? A new field wouldn't have any information.
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I have been getting the same thing on links since the first release of 5 series
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Say you create a custom field called "field1" and then you add data to field1
You then create a field called "field2" and it will be filled with the data from field1 when editing.
I have been combating this by using..
<input type="text" name="field2" size="{STANDARDSIZE}" <IF {FIELD2BOOL}>value="{FIELD2}"<ELSE>value=""</IF> " />... which is a workaround for the problem.
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Again, give me an exact procedure.
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Create a custom field in admin panel
Go and add some data to that field in a category (or link)
Create another custom field
Go to edit the same category you added data to
You will see that both of your new custom fields now have the same data showing in the edit form
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Again, give me an exact procedure.
On installing wsn I first created 3 custom cat fields (fields 1, 2 and 3). I then made several new categories, filling in these 3 fields with html info (my affiliate info). I then added a link in the categories.
I then thought of another cat field (field 4)I required so created that. On the suggest cat form the new field 4 is below the the previous field 3 I had created.
Fields 1,2 and 3 are text boxes, field 4 is a drop down box.
In each of the categories that was already there the new field was filled with the information from field 3.
I made a new category and field 4 was empty. It only happened with categories that were already there prior to creating the new cat field.
I then went in and manually changed field 4 in each category. Which brings me to my other problem where some categories will not update! www.webmastersite.net/forum...dit-cat-after-no-8362.html
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Reproduced now, so it should be fixed tonight.
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Turned out to be another of the really annoying complications that come up when database fields are allowed to be NULL. Fixed.