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EE 1.6.8 build 20090723 (I know, I know)
MSM 1.1 build 20091201

I know custom field names need to be unique across weblogs in the same site, but do they need to be unique across MSM sites as well? Would the custom fields being in weblogs that have the same short name, just on separate sites, determine whether they have to have unique names or not?

Assuming this template code…

{exp:weblog:entries site="A" weblog="news"}
    <h1>{title}</h1>
    {news-body}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

...here’s how the scenarios seem to work out:

Scenario 1:
——————
Site A, weblog short name “news”, custom field “news-body”
Site B, weblog short name “news”, custom field “news-body”
= Doesn’t work; {news-body} doesn’t return anything

Scenario 2:
——————
Site A, weblog short name “news”, custom field “news-body”
Site B, weblog short name “news-b”, custom field “news-body”
= Works as expected

Scenario 3:
——————
Site A, weblog short name “news”, custom field “news-body”
Site B, weblog short name “news”, custom field “news-b-body”
= Works as expected

Does this make sense? Is this how it is supposed to work, or would updating to 1.7 fix a bug of some sort related to this?

Hi, Michael-

Are you running any third-party extensions? there are some where duplicated field shortnames across Sites are problematic.  It shouldn’t be an issue in a plain EE/MSM install.

I’ve got a number of 3rd party extensions; are there any particular ones you have in mind, or would you like the whole list?

(EDIT: Gah, multi-account confusion again. How come we can’t delete our own posts even though the button shows up?)

Lisa was just point out the issue as such. Does the same thing happen with disabled extensions? Personally I’d recommend to use unique field names, even across sites. You might also want to consider upgrading to EE 1.7. Quite a few improvements and bug fixes since then.