As an administrator it can be cumbersome to add your "contact name" and "contact email" when adding many new links to the database. Is there a way to automatically have this field filled when the admin is adding records? I know how to do this in the general add.html template, but I can't find where this is appropriate for the administration interface. And also along the same lines, is it possible to make values, such as "new" or "popular" a default value?
In short, is there a way to change the default values for the add link interface in the admin area?

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In admin_html.pl, in sub html_add_form, there is a call:


sub html_record_form in the same script says:


So, if you want to, you can create your own add form and include your admin name and email address. However, you may need to change the call to sub html_record_form to eliminate the call to sub get_defaults and just do that in your form as well.

However, be aware that there are a total of 12 calls to sub html_record_form throughout admin_html.pl. Whatever you write will have to work with all of them.

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Bob Connors
bobsie@orphanage.com
www.orphanage.com/goodstuff/


[This message has been edited by Bobsie (edited February 27, 1999).]

Hello,

I have somewhat related question. Hope to get an answer from you:

In links.def, I use -1 to hide certain fields. For example, if I don't want people to enter an url, I put -1 as the length fo the field in links.def, and the field will be hidden from view when you use add links in the admin area. But I can't hide the three fields: isNew, isPopular, ReceiveMail, with the same method.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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Jian Liu
Indiana University Libraries

I don't know of anyplace that users see those three fields. Where are you speaking of? They don't show on the add or modify forms.

Whoops, sorry, I misread your question. You weren't speaking of users seeing those fields, you said you see them in the admin area.

I just tried it out myself. I can't get any of the fields to be hidden in the admin screen. Sorry I can't help on this.

[This message has been edited by Bobsie (edited March 01, 1999).]