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jferry
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Dec 5, 2006, 7:11 PM

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How do I change the length of the Title field, currently set to 40?

Thanks,

jferry


jferry
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Dec 8, 2006, 12:10 PM

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Re: [jferry] Title Field Length [In reply to] Can't Post
Think I found out how to adjust the "Title" field length. I noticed the "Title" field had the field option "Custom Field HTML" checked on the Field Editor page. When I unchecked the field length it adjusted to the same length as all text fields. Is it OK to uncheck the "Custom Field HTML" box for the "Title" field?

jferry


ross
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Dec 10, 2006, 9:54 AM

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Re: [jferry] Title Field Length [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi.

Glad to hear you got the title field going again Smile.

The custom field HTML is checked off by default so I think you'll want to go back in and check it off again. In case the actual HTML isn't there anymore, here's a copy:

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<tr> 
  <td style="padding-right:5px">$_fieldLabel$</td> 
  <td><input type="text" name="$_fieldName:htmlEncoded$" value="$_fieldValue:htmlEncoded$" size="40" 
       onchange="setDefaultFilenameValueTo(this.value)"/> 
  </td> 
 </tr>

Keep me up to date with how you are making out Smile.
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jferry
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Dec 10, 2006, 1:51 PM

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Re: [ross] Title Field Length [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Ross,

Thanks for the info. Since we do not use the title field to generate the file name, we prefer to go with the automatic numerical file name, can we disregard the custom field code you noted and just leave blank?

Thanks,

jferry


ross
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Dec 11, 2006, 11:56 AM

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Re: [jferry] Title Field Length [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi there.

It will probably be a bit safer if you left the custom code in there as default but then hide the title field.

That way, it's easy to use it again if you eventually start to need it, or it turns out removing it upsets Article Manager in a way I haven't thought of.

So the first step will be to make sure the custom HTML is back in there and move back to the top of the page and look for Field Attributes. Check off "Hidden - don't automatically display field (for hardcoded or internal fields)" and then hit save.

That should effectively remove the title field from your Article editing page. Then, if you were still looking to have the old naming convention with the numbers in your filenames, check out this tutorial on our site:

http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/doc.cgi?/articlemanager2/tutorials/change_to_old_filenames.html

It will walk you through the whole process. Keep me up to date with how you are making out Smile.
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jferry
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Dec 11, 2006, 6:54 PM

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Re: [ross] Title Field Length [In reply to] Can't Post
Thanks Ross,

Code is back in. I increased the field length from 40 up to 90. This longer length works better for me. No problem with the naming convention.

I think what is a bit confusing is that after adding back the code, when I go back in to edit the field, the code is not visible on the screen. I need to click on, click off, the Custom HTML box to see the code.

jferry