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ExpressionEngine plugin - retrieve custom field info in your templates (saef)
14th January 2010
This plugin will let you retrieve all custom field info for use in stand alone entry forms or anywhere else. If the field has options there’s a variable pair for that. There’s no restriction on formatting either so you’re free to use it how you will.
The project is available on GitHub publicly, feel free to donate via Pledgie if you have the inclination!
Example usage for a text field
{exp:linssen_saef_field name="my_text_field"}
<p><label for="{id}">{label}</label><br />
<input type="text" name="{id}" id="{id}" value="" />
</p>
{/exp:linssen_saef_field}Example usage for a relationship field:
{exp:linssen_saef_field name="my_relationship_field"}
<p><label for="{id}">{label}</label><br />
<select name="{id}" id="{id}">
{options}<option value="{value}">{name}</option>{/options}
</select>
</p>
{/exp:linssen_saef_field}Discuss
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2nd March 2010
this sounds too good to be true!
will be testing this, tomorrow…
just a quick question: will it display {field_instructions} texts aswell?
cheers
stefan
2nd March 2010
@outline4 ask and ‘ye shall receive. I’ve updated the GitHub page to include field_instructions. Just use the single variable {instructions}.
2nd March 2010
*lol* this is GREAT!
caugh… one thing I always missed in saef is the pendant to solspace’s form helper plugin’s field_parser, and categories… but I’m a saef noob and maybe there’s other solutions to do this kind of thing…
I will be heavily depend on your relationship field function! thanks!
8th April 2010
Will the plugin work in an edit form? With value=”{value}” ??
9th April 2010
@icebreaker it should work anywhere, it’s not restricted to SAEF, let me know if you run into any problems.
11th April 2010
Thanks for the plugin & help—together with FieldFrame fields your plugin makes the construction of SAEFs and SAEF entry forms a lot easier.
19th April 2010
When editing I sometimes get html formatting included into the linssen_saef field. Is there a way to specify the format as “none”.
19th April 2010
Not as yet, feel free to add it as an issue. Otherwise, I’d suggest using the HTML Strip plugin. You should be ok, you might have to perhaps tinker with parse order.
19th April 2010
OK - thanks for the info.
3rd May 2010
Hey Wil,
Thanks for this great plugin! It saves me loads of time. However, when I’m adding items to an “edit” SAEF, though I can access the content to change, I can’t seem to get the changes to post. Previously I was working under the understanding that I had to use the fieldset_ids in order to get this to happen. Is there any way to add that functionality on the next build?
Thanks again!
3rd May 2010
The plugin works fine with SAEF-edit. Using html strip takes care of any unwanted formatting. (EE 1.6.8 &MSM;). I doubt your problem has anything with the plugin to do.Note that you have to include some hidden fields at the beginning of the entries loop in an edit-SAEF. These are explained in the documentation for the field grabber plugin.
31st May 2010
Update on using the plugin with SAEF-edit forms:
As mentioned in a previous post, the plugin fails to safeguard the formatting information assigned when defining the custom field.
Using html-strip as a work-around works in many cases, but in others the hack generates a new set of problems ..
E.g. when a name contains foreign characters. These are stripped from the field along with the un-wanted XHTML wrapping. Would like to be able to specify formatting “none”.
6th July 2010
No doubt expression engine is one of the best CMS.I decided to use it in my recent new website.
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25th February 2010
nice