drop down lists for custom fields

marios · 2007-01-03 14:05:51

gerhard wrote:

I am not 100% that I understand what you are asking, but if you mean setting the type of the custom field by clicking on a radio button rather than entering manually, then yes, it’s no biggie on my end.

That’s what I meant.

Any more opinions in regards to this plugin?

You can count me in on that one

regards, marios

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blueprint · 2007-01-03 17:51:44

I think it would be a great idea to have such a plugin available for custom fields. I’m busy with building my own site, and this would make my life much easier and pleasant.!!

sthmtc · 2007-01-04 08:09:05

marios wrote:

You can count me in on that one

gerhard · 2007-01-04 09:46:18

OK guys, it seems we are go then ; ). If I won’t manage to have a go at it this weekend, it won’t be before the next just because I have a lot going on at the minute. Will keep you posted though! Cheers fellas.

tjnuckolls · 2007-02-05 10:42:32

Just to throw in my two bits. I believe this is a plugin, that would become invaluable in helping developers simplify a user’s interaction with the write tab. In other words, I’d get a lot of use out of this plugin. Thanks!

masa · 2007-02-13 11:30:18

tjnuckolls wrote:

Just to throw in my two bits. I believe this is a plugin, that would become invaluable in helping developers simplify a user’s interaction with the write tab.

I totally agree. Any news about the progress? :-)

Jeremie · 2007-02-16 03:05:46

tjnuckolls wrote:

Just to throw in my two bits. I believe this is a plugin, that would become invaluable in helping developers simplify a user’s interaction with the write tab. In other words, I’d get a lot of use out of this plugin. Thanks!

Indeed, I’ve been asking around about this since gamma :)

Maybe we should write how it would work precisely, and put some money on it.

gerhard · 2007-02-16 15:38:22

Guys, I’m sorry I have to keep you waiting for so long, but I’m totally swamped with work. You know the saying “take care what you wish for”…

I would very much like to code away TXP plugins, but I have so much stuff going on (not only profesionally) that I’m lost. Thank you for your patience, I’ll give you an update this weekend. Cheers, G.

tjnuckolls · 2007-03-05 07:24:53

Bump.

[Is there any way for a non-programmer (like me) to help with this? I feel like I’m on the verge of being able to contribute more to the textpattern community, but I’ve had trouble so far, and helping with this plugin might be a good way to get started writing textpattern code if I had a little coaching. Just a thought since your time is understandably limited.]

gerhard · 2007-03-20 01:30:03

Hi guys, I feel really bad for not getting back onto you earlier, but I think I might have taken far too much work on during the last 2-3 months…

Anyways, the bottom line is that you have a great TXP user which I’m helping out for quiet a while now and we’re at the point where his project would greatly benefit from a custom_fields plugin. He’s actually using my “ancient” hack for drop-down lists, but the solution is simply not cutting it anymore (not to mention that it’s sooo hack-ish – which is a bad thing).

So, I am going to crack on with this plugin shortly and all you have to do – I know that this will sound really annoying – is hold onto your horses a wee more.

I don’t want to sound cheeky or anything, but would it be worth sorting out a “Paypal donate” type of link or something similar? That would definitely add an extra kick to the whole thing…

squaredeye · 2007-03-20 02:35:30

gerhard,
I think wet may be working on this already :) You may contact him to see?

gerhard · 2007-03-20 09:48:19

Matthew, cheers mate for pointing this out. The thing I mostly hate is DRY. I just dropped Robert an e-mail enquiring about this further.

wet · 2007-03-20 10:08:33

I’m trying to avoid NIH as much as possible, so I’ll be quite content if someone else comes up with a working solution. Mine wouldn’t be ready any time soon.

lozmatic · 2007-05-09 09:34:11

This would be useful, indeed. But hacks are messy.

I think this would need to be a new feature in the next version of Textpattern where you would have an extra tab in Admin to manage custom fields – their type, their values, etc…

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gerhard · 2007-05-10 12:14:52

Hi guys, work is well underway on this project that offers a solution to the custom_fields shortcoming, but it’s a bit hacky hacky at the minute and not fully polished. It’s still a bit more to go before I’ll be able to release it as a plugin…

What I would like to ask the hard-core devs (Mary, Alex, Sencer etc.), is what would the best approach be:

A. Use serialization and store custom_field options in txp_prefs (val column would have to be changed to a full varchar at least)?

B. Use a separate table with just 2 columns, custom_x_set (e.g. Price, Weight etc.) and value (e.g. <1kg, 2kg-5kg, >5kg etc.) while txp_prefs would be used to store the type of the custom field (drop-down, checkbox etc.)?

I’m currently using B., thought about A. only later on in the project.

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