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#1 2006-07-18 00:30:32

mattgilbert

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Registered: 2006-03-23

Posts: 70

custom field as textarea

I’d like to have a custom field input be a textarea instead of text input (like the Keywords input instead of the like the other ones). Is there a simple way to do this, or must it be done through a little plugin?

#2 2006-07-18 03:50:26

Mary

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Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: custom field as textarea

Must be done with a hack, actually.

#3 2006-07-24 21:10:43

mattgilbert

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Registered: 2006-03-23

Posts: 70

Re: custom field as textarea

ok, I sort of really need this, but i can’t figure out how to approach the problem. I’ve considered trying to just change the “Keywords” label to the label I want and using the txp:keywords tag, but i’m hesitant to do this because i’m not sure what keywords are used for (already searched the faq).

any clues as to how i can have a custom field in the article write section be a textarea input instead of a text input? plugins like upm_img_popper add links to this admin interface, so I imagine changing the type of an imput may be done in a similar way.

#4 2006-07-24 22:08:16

els

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Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: custom field as textarea

Seen this?

#5 2006-07-24 22:54:20

mattgilbert

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Registered: 2006-03-23

Posts: 70

Re: custom field as textarea

thanks, that thread was a huge huge help. i sorted it out.