Addon Request - new multiple selection field

by **Mavmesa** » Sun Feb 16, 2003 10:50 pm

How about a new custom field type that would have a list of predefined values that will allow you to select one or multiple values. Values could be defined at the creation of the Custom_field. The default value could be (Blank) or one of the predefined values. It would operate similar to the user permissions selection in the Profile "edit selections" screen.

Ken

by **Zexion_** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 3:59 am

mavmesa wrote:How about a new custom field type that would have a list of predefined values that will allow you to select one or multiple values. Values could be defined at the creation of the Custom_field. The default value could be (Blank) or one of the predefined values. It would operate similar to the user permissions selection in the Profile "edit selections" screen.

Ken

You can make any custom field you need for that purpose...
For example, I have a field called ALWAYSNEGATIVE that I dont include in any XMS page so its never filled in so that field is ALWAYS negative but then include it in some profiles that are exmpted and they get included.

I also have fields that contain SPECIFIC entries in dropdown or a radio button dependin on what field it is, and then use FBF to select and include by the field entry. Like language selection, we have bilingual articles, so our writers select the language they are submiting in at the top with a radio button and the profile gets built based on that language field.

by **Mavmesa** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:36 am

Sorry, I have never used the dropdown box type and did not even remember it was there.

Still, it would be great if you could select multiple values on a dropdown box.

by **l0rdphi1** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:52 am

It wouldn't be hard for Lawrence to add an option on drop-down fields asking if multiple options should be selectable.

by **Lawrence** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 1:00 pm

It wouldn't be too hard to implement in coranto itself, but what to do when displaying the field(s) in generated html files and stuff, would be much more difficult.

by **l0rdphi1** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 1:05 pm

There'd be a delimiter set for output purposes, like there is for radio group display on the submit page. You could

Code: Select all: <PerlCode>for ( split /\|x\|/, $CustomField_blah ) {</PerlCode> ... </If>

in styles to iterate over the selected options though.

by **Lawrence** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 1:10 pm

I was thinking of that way too, but i just wanted to see if you'd say the same thing

by **l0rdphi1** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 1:17 pm

Cool

Can't wait to see it completed.

by **Mavmesa** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:46 pm

Thanks for the extra chatter on this...

It can be used as a faux way of placing an article in multiple categories/sub-categories in conjunction with FBF2 (if you use a multiple value field as a category or subcategory designator).

These things add alot of flexibility. I would love to write a reporting addon that would let users define totaling variables before the articles are output, and then print totals after the output. My knowledge of perl at this point is almost non-existant :shock:

, but I do have Coranto running on my personal comupter for testing purposes. So maybe I can start to write simple addons that will give me some of that functionality.

Ken

by **InSAnE NiNjA** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:55 pm

i must say this, i believe this is the begining of the end of the catagories addon

well.. integrated FBF2 was the begining of the end

this is the nail in the coffin

same for tint

AS LONG AS SOMEONE PUTS THIS INTO THE HELP FILE

by **Mavmesa** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 5:26 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Not the end of categories!!!! :shock:

Some if the functionality that categories have been used for may be better handled by FBF2, but Categories are still needed for the user permission/restriction function that they provide and the overall segmentation of the content into logical divisons.

Categories combined with XMS will continue to be very important to me!

Please do not take my categories away!

Ken

by **Lawrence** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 5:40 pm

Categories will always be around, that's for certain.... but all these filtering options for profiles make them very flexible indeed

by **Mavmesa** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 5:52 pm

by **msbzdragn** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 7:02 am

Don't worry, the categories addon won't be going away.

by **sneakers** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 2:45 pm

I too need a drop down box that allows multiple selections.
Any chance that this will be done soon? If so when?

By the way, I love this software. You guys are amazing perl programmers.

Addon Request - new multiple selection field

Addon Request - new multiple selection field

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