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Hi

Got a weird issue with Expression Engine (v1.6.9) was looking for some help with.
I added a bunch of entries to a weblog using a plain text Custom Field to store a URL.

When I display this custom field in a template it automatically wraps the url in the element.
I’ve come across the proposed solution at http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/130544/ , once applied works with any new entries.
However, I can’t seem to apply this change to previously added entries, and worse if I try to edit this custom field in an existing entry then it still applies the element after saving. It’s cursed!

For background information, custom field details as follows:

Field Type: Text input (maximum characters 128)
Default Text Formatting for This Field: None (+ Hide formatting menu)

I’ve had a look at the database entries in MySQL.
From what I can gather the information for this custom field is being stored in its plain text format (so the element is being added at display).

Any suggestions gratefully received

Thanks in advance,

Cole

Hi Cole,

When you changed this field formatting type to ‘None’ did you see a notice and a checkbox at the bottom of the form asking whether you wished to convert all the existing entries?

Cheers

Greg

Hi Greg

Thanks for the reply. Had seen that in the post at http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/130544/
The option to apply these changes to past entries didn’t appear.
Is this a bug?

Cole

Hi Cole,

You should be able to verify whether it’s working or not. Just go to your custom field manager and select the field in question. Change it’s type to any other and the option to convert existing entries should appear. If it does then go ahead and convert all the fields to something else ‘Auto BR’ for example and then immediately change the formatting back to None and convert them all.

Cheers

Greg

Brilliant Greg

Had obviously overlooked the *big red message*.
Changed the text formatting to Auto
then back to None and working fine.

Thanks for the help and sorry apologies for missing the bleeding obvious.

Cole

Hi Cole,

No problem at all. Glad that’s resolved. Please post back if you have further questions or problems.

Cheers

Greg