Resources and Downloads: Custom Field Mapping

Custom Field Mapping
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billing@vivvo.net on November 26, 2007
 
Requirement: basic MySQL, xHTML and PHP knowledge.
1. Create new field "source" in mySQl table (ie Articles)
2. Add new input field to your Article add/edit form
Open admin/templates/article_edit/form.xml in your favorite editor.
Add folowing code:
Source:
Notice the name of input field ARTICLE_source (you need to use
ARTICLE_your_field_name) and value article.source (also you would use
article.your_field_name)
3. Add new field to your frontend template
Open templates/xhtml/article/default.tpl and add following code:
()
after article title (or whereever)
NOTE: There is no sorting and filtering by custom fields.