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TheBrad's avatar
TheBrad
48 posts
16 years ago
TheBrad's avatar TheBrad

Perhaps I’m missing something. Is it possible to use Multi-Text in multiple field groups with different settings? For example, one field group might contain a multi-text field of committee members with three columns (headings name, position, professional affiliation), while another field group needs a multi-text field with five columns (headings name, rank, member number, phone number, e-mail address).

Also, the “documentation” link takes me to the list of your (many, wonderful!) extensions but to no actual documentation?

       
Jamie Pittock's avatar
Jamie Pittock
108 posts
16 years ago
Jamie Pittock's avatar Jamie Pittock

Mentioned in Mark’s original post:

For a little more control replace the number of columns with a space and the labels with a space [in the extension’s settings]. Then in the edit field page change the field type to a text field and enter the number of columns you would like in the textarea rows. Then change it to a drop-down list and enter your labels in the drop down list box. Finally change the field back to a multi text and you’re done. Field specific settings.
       
TheBrad's avatar
TheBrad
48 posts
16 years ago
TheBrad's avatar TheBrad
Mentioned in Mark’s original post:

Aha! Somehow I managed to read that three times and completely miss the point. Thanks! 😊

       
Mark Huot's avatar
Mark Huot
587 posts
16 years ago
Mark Huot's avatar Mark Huot

thanks smallbeer, I was just about to write out a response/example, when I saw that I already had done that. I missed it to brad, and I wrote it ::sheepishly::.

       
Mikee Bee's avatar
Mikee Bee
179 posts
16 years ago
Mikee Bee's avatar Mikee Bee

I’m trying to use this as a gallery so that I upload an image paste the code into the first column then add a caption as the second column but its outputting this…

https://ellislab.com/asset/images/team-photo/tree.jpg

and not displaying…

is there a way around this?

Thanks!

       
Mark Huot's avatar
Mark Huot
587 posts
16 years ago
Mark Huot's avatar Mark Huot

So then the problem is that the https://ellislab.com/asset/images/team-photo/ is not being replaced? Hum…..i’ll have to check that out.

       
Mikee Bee's avatar
Mikee Bee
179 posts
16 years ago
Mikee Bee's avatar Mikee Bee

Yeah that seems to be the problem, check it though as I could have made a mistake somewhere!

       
Rob Quigley's avatar
Rob Quigley
236 posts
16 years ago
Rob Quigley's avatar Rob Quigley

Was curious if it was possible to easily hack the extension to only show one row (by default it shows two rows of columns). I created a multitext field that will only use one row.

       
Ronny's avatar
Ronny
83 posts
16 years ago
Ronny's avatar Ronny

Mark, I’ve finally been able to test your extension and it’s as great as I expected. Nevertheless I ran into two small problems, I really hope you can help us out with this:

  1. This is just a minor issue, but it seems that in the publish-section I can’t add any rows with Internet Explorer. As well as in IE6.x as in 7.0…
  2. I use this extension to show a list of two columns in an index-template. Because there can be quite a lot of rows, I want our users to show only a list of 5 rows and then the option to continue to a detail-page where they can see all the rows. No matter what plugin I use to show a limited amount of characters/words I have the chance that your plugin will break the layout of my index page. Is it possible to create something like this for your extension:
<ul>
{members limit="5rows"}
<li><strong>{col_1}</strong>: {col_2}</li>
{/members}
</ul>

This way I can use any layout I want without worrying that it might break the overall layout.

Again thank you very much for this extension!!!

       
Mark Huot's avatar
Mark Huot
587 posts
16 years ago
Mark Huot's avatar Mark Huot

Ronny, you can now use limit= in the field, like you specified, just drop the “rows”.

<ul>
{members limit="5"}
<li><strong>{col_1}</strong>: {col_2}</li>
{/members}
</ul>

The new version should also fix the IE problems some people were having (silly tbody).

       
Ronny's avatar
Ronny
83 posts
16 years ago
Ronny's avatar Ronny

Oh wow! I didn’t expect you to be able to fix this so quick. So thank you very much!! Our site will relaunch in a couple of months and I’ll donate some profit of the very first banners to you. Thank you!

       
Mark Huot's avatar
Mark Huot
587 posts
16 years ago
Mark Huot's avatar Mark Huot

I’m glad I could help Ronny :-D

       
Brian M.'s avatar
Brian M.
529 posts
16 years ago
Brian M.'s avatar Brian M.

Mark,

Is it possible to use multi-text multiple times? In other words have different multi-text ‘field groups’ in different places in the CP? This extension looks fantastic and is perfect for the site I’m working on, only problem is I need it in multiple places for different things!

Thanks!

       
Mark Huot's avatar
Mark Huot
587 posts
16 years ago
Mark Huot's avatar Mark Huot

You sure could. If needed you can make an entire weblog of multi-text fields 😉

       
Brian M.'s avatar
Brian M.
529 posts
16 years ago
Brian M.'s avatar Brian M.

Doh! Man I need to get some sleep - it says that right in the first post. That’s multiple stupid posts regarding your work today. Sorry Mark!

       
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