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Special Fieldnames

CMS Builder has some reserved "special" fieldnames that provide additional functionality. Some "special" fieldnames may ignore regular field settings and behave as listed below.

Fieldname User Editable Field Type Description
createdDate No Date Automatically stores the date the record was first created
createdByUserNum No None Automatically stores the 'num' of the user who created the record. This value is also used to identify the 'owner' of the record.
updatedDate No Date Automatically stores the date the record was last updated
updatedByUserNum No None Automatically stores the 'num' of the user who last updated the record.
publishDate Yes Date Record won't be displayed on website before this date. This allows users to prepare content in advance and have it appear on a certain date and time.
removeDate Yes Date Record won't be displayed on website after this date. This allows users to have content automatically "expire" from website after a certain date and time.
neverRemove Yes Checkbox This checkbox field indicates that "removeDate" should be ignored. This lets users have some records that expire (are hidden) after a certain date and other records that never expire.
hidden Yes Checkbox This checkbox field indicates that the record should be not be displayed on the website. This lets users temporarily make records visible or not.
dragSortOrder Yes None This field allows the user to drag records in the section editor record list to change their order. Just create this field and add it to the beginning of "ListPage Fields" and "Order By" to enable this functionality. (Added in v1.11)



Adding A Special Field
You can add one of the special fields listed in the chart above by going to Admin and then Section Editors. Click the modify link for one of your sections. Now, add a field that uses one of the names and its type in the chart above. The field will now automatically behave as described.


Adding a special field
Adding a special field
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