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 08/25/05 03:51am (Read 2,187 times)  
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Flernk

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I want to have both "Intro Text" and a "Body Text" fields on my submit form, but I don't want the "Body Text" to be required. Has anyone figured this out?

I tried creating a storysubmit_advanced.thtml (and updating my config file to see it), but it didn't work. When I add a Body Text area it is not only required, but it returns as the intro text.

Here is my code for storysubmit_advanced.thtml. All I added was a "Body Text" area to the already existing storysubmit.thtml file.

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                            <form action="{site_url}/submit.php" method="post">
                                <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
                                    <tr>
                                        <td align="right"><b>{lang_username}:</b></td>
                                        <td>{story_username} [ <a href="{status_url}">{lang_loginout}</a>{seperator}{create_account} ]</td>
                                    </tr>
                                    <tr>
                                        <td align="right"><b>{lang_title}:</b></td>
                                        <td><input type="text" size="36" maxlength="96" name="title" value="{story_title}"></td>
                                    </tr>
                                    <tr>
                                        <td align="right"><b>{lang_topic}:</b></td>
                                        <td>
                                            <select name=tid>
                                                {story_topic_options}
                                            </select>
                                        </td>
                                    </tr>
                                    <tr valign="top">
                                        <td align="right"><b>{lang_story}:</b></td>
                                        <td><textarea name="introtext" cols="45" rows="12" wrap="virtual">{story_introtext}</textarea></td>
                                    </tr>
                                    <tr valign="top">
                                        <td align="right"><b>More:</b></td>
                                        <td><textarea name="introtext" cols="45" rows="12" wrap="virtual">{story_bodytext}</textarea></td>
                                    </tr>
                                    <tr valign="top">
                                        <td align="right"><b>{lang_postmode}:</b></td>
                                        <td>
                                            <select name="postmode">
                                                {story_postmode_options}
                                            </select>
                                            <br><span class="warningsmall">{allowed_html}</span>
                                        </td>
                                    </tr>
                                    <tr>
                                        <td align="center" colspan="2">
                                            <input type="hidden" name="type" value=story>
                                            <input type="hidden" name="uid" value="{story_uid}">
                                            <input type="hidden" name="sid" value="{story_sid}">
                                            <input type="hidden" name="date" value="{story_date}">
                                            {save_button}
                                            <input name="mode" type="submit" value="{lang_preview}">
                                        </td>
                                    </tr>
                                </table>
                            </form>
 
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 08/25/05 02:27pm  
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Dirk

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It's not that easy. For starters, the gl_storysubmission table doesn't even have a field to store the body text ...

bye, Dirk
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 08/28/05 03:41pm  
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Flernk

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Maybe the simpler question is, How do I take advantage of the hidden "advanced_editor" feature?
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 08/28/05 06:14pm  
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Which version of Geeklog are you referrring to?
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 08/28/05 09:01pm  
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Flernk

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I'm using 1.3.11
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 08/29/05 12:15am  
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Blaine

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Adding a second textarea "Bodytext" to the general user submit story feature would require template changes (not so bad) but also code changes as it is currently only expecting a single textarea field today for the content.
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