While i work not very long with the 2.1; i find some parts that should be changed for the next version.
Maybe we could list and discuss this things here:

1. A lot of messages are changed to the language-file; but not these:
- Subject for add/mod - mailings
- Error-Messages from sql.pm

2. While adding new fields to the user-table
When a user do not fill out all needed fields, he got´s for only one field a message, but not for all.
If a stupid user (and we have to think especially about them) miss three fields, he gots an error-message for the first one; he fills out this field and sends again; then the error-message shows the next field and so on.
With 1.13 i added a pattern matching and some combinations of if, ifnot to show the error for every field UNDER or BEHIND the certain field. (Look at the bigger sites like gmx e.g.; i think its the best way to do it in this way)



... to continue the next hours and days ...

Hi,

The admin email message is not in the language, but the message that goes to the user is: VAL_APPROVESUB, and VAL_APPROVECHGSUB are the subject lines.

The error messages from GT::SQL are also in language.txt, try: ADD_ILLEGALVAL, ADD_UNIQUE, ADD_NOTNULL, ADD_NOCATEGORY. If you don't have these in your language.txt, try the default language.txt that came with 2.1.0.

Let me know what else you find.

Cheers,

Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.

Hi Alex, it is strange, i have searched tru all the files, but i cant find the right file with:
Column Example cannot be left blank

for User-Adding ?!

This would be the 'ADD_NOTNULL' language variable.

Cheers,

Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.

Hi Alex again, we are talking about the language.txt, right?
I have changed every single message there (in local) and to prove
if there is a fault i have changed the original language.txt in default, too.

Though doing this i got the error message (Column xyz cannot be left blank.) in english?!
Maybe i should do something with the precompiled files?
Robert

Ok. I will tell the story from beginning:

1. I have added 5 new fields to the user table
2. I have added the fields to the signup-form
(There is an if value then input ... value=value, else value=0,
to have no problem when called form the first time)
3. I changed ev. error-message from english to german

Now the problems:
1. When someone lets fields empty i got only an error message for ONE field, not for all
(means that a stupid user let five fields empty, gets message for field 1, then fills out field one, gets message for field two ...)
2. How can i change the sort off the given fields. At the moment the begin somewhere, but i want it start from the first field (in table? in form?)
3. I still got the message "column xyz can not left be blank. - I tested ALL language fields directly on server, they r ok. I searched tru all other scripts, but cant find it (searched for "left blank.")

Robert

Just another thing:
It is nice to have now a field for the category template;
but i still miss a choice for link.html

The easy way could be to give a link template for every cat;
the better way seems for me to have a standard link.html for every cat and an additional pull-down-field with all linkxyz.htmls.
Maybe with a function reading all files named link....html for the choice.

In 1.13 i do that in html_template; but now i try not to change the code.
Any ideas? maybe with plugins ?


Another thing is the number of links per page; in 1.13 i have a special field for every cat;
if it is empty the script takes the standard number; else i could give for every cat another number of links per page.

And not to forget the detailed.html
In 1.13 i have two solutions for that;
1. Give every cat his own detail-template
2. Choose the detail.html for every link

The best solutions for seems to be:
1. make new detailed-templates
2. Choose the needed ones to a category; set one of them as default
3. Choose nothing for a link and get the default; or choose one of the special list for this cat.

Easier would it be to choose from all; but if you have 30 pieces the list will be long; so it seems better to choose them before.

Here we have the same problem as usual; i could do this (and will do this, if there will be no solution from GT)
for my own; but i must change the code and have the usual problems when upgrading.


Robert

BTW: The same problem as written above is now with fields with an regex; i cant find the place where i can change the english error-message; i really have translated ALL language.txts in local and default!

Ok, have found the thing with the english error-messages ;-))))
Cause i set up the db the first time on another domainname and copied the whole thing to another dir, i have a lot of files with the wrong path inside. No wonder that this makes me crazy and let me search hours and hours ;-(((

Robert