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[request] Find & Replace
Hi I’d like to see a Find and Replace function for Forms and Pages in Admin.
I know there’s one for articles but one for Forms and Pages would save me a lot of time.
Thanks
Geoff
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Re: [request] Find & Replace
It’d be simpler to edit the template in a text editor. Aside from copy/pasting, you can use the Firefox extension, It’s All Text, or the Edit in Textmate input manager if you use Textmate.
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Re: [request] Find & Replace
I was thinking of a find and replace across multiple forms and/or pages.
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#4 2008-06-12 10:46:08
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Re: [request] Find & Replace
geoff777 wrote:
I was thinking of a find and replace across multiple forms and/or pages.
In this cases I think the only non-elegant but quick solution is to use directly some sql queries on the db (backup first)
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#5 2008-06-12 10:56:28
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Re: [request] Find & Replace
I’ve already tried to work on such stuff myself. I’ts incredibly hard to solve if it shall work reliably. Everything you’re free to name like output_form naming, section names, category names (same applies to ~titles), parameters, values, etc. can stand in your way … [Edit: I meant SQL queries. Plugin authors welcome!]
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#6 2008-06-12 11:13:58
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uli wrote:
I’ve already tried to work on such stuff myself. I’ts incredibly hard to solve if it shall work reliably. Everything you’re free to name like output_form naming, section names, category names (same applies to ~titles), parameters, values, etc. can stand in your way … [Edit: I meant SQL queries. Plugin authors welcome!]
Well I suggest always performing this kind of operations locally.
Consider also that the reliability of the operation is directly connected to the complexity of the query.
I’m not talking here about complex regexp queries but something like “find this word in all articles of section x and replace with this”.
Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think this – if done carefully – can cause heavy damage.
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It seems there was plugin – lam_search_replace
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#8 2008-06-12 11:23:04
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the_ghost wrote:
It seems there was plugin – lam_search_replace
Yes, but I think it only works with articles body and excerpts, not page and forms
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#10 2008-06-12 13:08:47
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zero wrote:
You could use hcg_templates to export all your pages, forms and styles, search and replace locally and reimport them. The plugin is very fast so it wouldn’t be much trouble.
Yes Zero, but even in this case he will have to perform some sort of sql query no?
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#12 2008-06-12 13:14:22
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zero wrote:
No, it exports as text files.
ah yes you’re right
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