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[beneath_the_ashes]

so i wanted to enable the author and time added fields to show up in event details...but is there a way to change the order of those fields so i can keep them at the bottom of all my other custom fields?

and is there a way to format them independently?  i would like the author and time added fields to be 'fine print'

[DanO]

** i wanted to enable the author and time added fields **

The "time added" value is stored as Unix date format which is just a long string of numbers. For example, today's date/time is 1173139200. The "author" is just the user's log in name, not necessarily their real name. Both filed could very well be meaningless to anyone viewing them.

** is there a way to change the order of those fields **

That might be possible by editing the customize_event_fields.html administration template to remove (or change) the <% if (!$locked) { %> tag which looks to be responsible for skipping them in the 'Change Field Display Order' section.

** is there a way to format them independently?  i would like the author and time added fields to be 'fine print'
**

Where??? If in the Events Details section of the default template file, see if the following link gives you any ideas.

LINK > Break apart event title and description

Dan O.

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[beneath_the_ashes]

** Both filed could very well be meaningless to anyone viewing them **

yeah its more for me which is why i wanted them to be smaller print.

** That might be possible by editing the customize_event_fields.html **

that seems to work, but i can edit specific event fields?  for instance, to just set the 'author' field to not be locked?

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[DanO]

* but i can edit specific event fields? **

I'm afraid I do not know. I don't know that that would be wise anyway as the fields that are locked are used internally by the script. If one should happen to be deleted or even just altered, the script could very well cease to function.

JMO

Dan O.

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[DanO]

** ...is there a way to keep them at the bottom **

You do realize that you can print out any event field's data, whether it is set as "locked" or not? If you just wanted to list them at the end of the rest of the event's details, put static code in the appropriate place (ie. before the </table> tag) that prints the information out once the code has looped through the rest of the field data.

JFYI

Dan O.

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[beneath_the_ashes]

so how do i display stored field names and values?  especially with the system fields.

<%=$db->{'properties'}->{$_}->{'author'}%>

and

<%=$EVENT->{'author'}->{$_}->{'record'}%>

its not even close...i dont know where to start to display specific field names and values.

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[DanO]

You should know what the field names will be if you're manually printing them?

Their value like this:

<%=$EVENT->{details}->{author_name}%>

Dan O.

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