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July 01, 2010 9:21pm
Subscribe [2]#1 / Jul 01, 2010 9:21pm
I’ve been running two weblogs using the same field group. Both weblogs now have thousands of entries. Now I need to give each of the weblogs their own field group because they’ve become quite distinctive.
My custom fields are:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Weblog X needs the following fields:
A
B
C
Weblog Y needs the following existing and new fields:
A
D
E
F
G
1
2
3
4
What is the best way to do this? I can’t imagine manually editing thousands of entries.
[Mod Edit: Moved to the How to forum]
#2 / Jul 02, 2010 12:45pm
Anyone? I think I can export the weblogs, then edit the data file and import it into the new fields, but I’m wondering if there is a more native EE approach to handling field group changes.
#3 / Jul 02, 2010 8:58pm
Are you running EE1 or 2?
If 1, take a look at Gypsy: http://brandon-kelly.com/gypsy (but be sure to make a backup of your DB before taking the plunge!),
In 2, you could conceivably use 1 giant field group and the custom publish layout feature to selectively show/hide fields per channel:
http://expressionengine.com/public_beta/docs/cp/content/publish_page_layouts.html
#4 / Jul 02, 2010 8:59pm
EE 1. Thanks for the suggestion!