If you’re using this extension in combination with any of my other extensions it is highly recommended that you update all of them or field data may not enter correctly.  You can find links to the individual posts below:

Checkbox: http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/38843/
Multi Drop-down List: http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/38370/
Multi Text: http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/39153/
File: http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/38997/

Or you can find a list of them on my docs page: http://docs.markhuot.com

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the links. I did actually download them from that page already so hopefully everything should be up to date already. Sure this will help others out though.

Thanks again for absolutely fantastic extensions and modules. A real class act!!

Best wishes,

Mark

I’ve just updated them a few minutes ago, so just compare the version number in the PHP file with the _ext on the zip file to make sure you’ve got this last update.

That Multi-Drop Down list alone saved me hours last night. WOW was that handy. Thanks for all your work, Mark.

Ok, another update.  This one is specifically aimed at using the extension as a form of tagging.  Place an option in the list (under the admin tab » blog admin » custom fields) named {input} and the publish screen will now have a simple text input below the select box.  Entering content into that box and hitting return will select items in the list, or if they aren’t in the list add them through ajax (which means you’ll have to have JS enabled to use this feature).

Hi Mark,

Thanks for that. Very useful indeed. Is it possible to get this working if the list is created using the ‘Populate the menu from another custom field’?

That would be really great as at the moment I am having to select items from a VERY long list and this would help absolutely no end.

Any help with this would be great. Thanks!

Best wishes,

Mark

Mark: obviously the field wouldn’t allow you to add new entries (because it’s coming from an entirely different weblog), however there probably is the possibility for a type ahead search field when viewing options from another custom field.  In fact I know I’ve done this before, I just have to dig it out of the depths of subversion and get it working again.  I’ll let you know how it goes.

Hi Mark,

That would be great if you could do that thanks!

Best wishes,

Mark

hi mark, check it out - multi relationships: http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/39595/

Hi Mark,

Thanks for that. Taking a look right now. As always fantastic work from yourself.

Best wishes,

Mark

Sorry about that Mark.  I’m not sure why I posted that to you directly, but for some reason I thought you asked me for the multi-relation field.

I fixed a few bugs when using the field as pre-populated.  You can grab the latest version at the top of the thread.

Can this extension be used to save a number of selected keywords in comma separated format in the database? I am testing this extension but all the keywords stored and shown are saved in the database with ‘line breaks’?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Yes, they are stored in the database with line breaks so that it doesn’t break if any of the options have commas in them.  If you’re looking to alter the display on the template you can always use the separator=”, ” attribute?

Problem is that the data that is already saved in the database field is comma separated, not line-break separated. So if I have the following in a database field:

Can I have these show in the Multi-Drop-down List as one per selection using separator=”, ” attribute:

unfortunately it must be separated by line breaks in the db for the field to work.  however you could just run a simple mysql update to fix your data:

of course if you’re not proficient with MySQL be sure to back up your database first as there is no undo for an ‘update’ call.

Thanks for clearing that up Mark. I’ll go ahead and give your suggestion a try.

I attempted to install this and am getting an error and can’t login to my control panel.  I posted in the ‘How To’ forum as well—sorry for the duplicate ...

The error reads:
Unable to load the following extension file:

ext.multi_drop_down_list.php

Here’s what I did:

1.  Downloaded ext.multi_drop_down_list_111 from here:

http://www.expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/38370/

I (accidentally) uploaded both the ext. file and the lang. file in my extensions directory.

2.  Went to my control panel and enabled extensions, and then attempted to enable the multi_drop_down extension.  Then I got some error I can’t remember, so I thought I better look up how to install extensions ... but first I removed both files from my server.  Then I put the lang. file in the language dir, and the ext. file in the extensions dir, and then I just keep getting “unable to load” errors as noted above. 

3.  I then searched my desktop for another version of this extension which I’ve used successfully in the past.  I found it (ext.multi_relationship_104), and tried putting those files on my server.  But that didn’t change anything and still can’t get into my CP. 

How do I undo this damage?  I am running v1.5.2.

Thanks,

Kelly