RP 4.1: Extra fields above #6 are not inherited

[snoopy5]

Hi

RP 4.1

There are currently 6 extra fields available automatically in a category. More can be added manually. The advantage of the 6 automatic extra fields is, that I can fill them with text and when saving, click at the buttom the checkbox

*Check box to apply these settings and permissions to all children:

So all new subcategories inherit the already filled in text of those 6 extra field. No additional typing is required. Even if I move this subcategory to another parent category, the content of these 6 extra fileds are kept, which is great.

The same way works with all other settings within a category. I can inherit all of them. This is how it should work.

BUT the additional extra fields, that I can add manually (so extra field no. 7-15 for example), are not inherited at all when processed the same way. This means, that I have to type in all the text again and again for all extra fields above #6.

IMHO this should be processed the same way as the 6 automatic extra fields. At least I see no reason why all settings of a category are able to be inherited but only those are not. Does not make sense.

How can I fix this?

And/Or even better, is there a way to make more extra fields into this "automatic extra field group" i.e. 10 or 15 instead of only 6?

Thanks in advance

[Chuck S]

You can not remove the inherit ability on the additonal fields which is the default and way users want it to be without you altering your code in adm-cats.php in some way to remove the dochildren part of the code in the custom part.

[snoopy5]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

You can not remove the inherit ability on the additonal fields which is the default and way users want it to be without you altering your code in adm-cats.php in some way to remove the dochildren part of the code in the custom part.

Hi Chuck

this is a misunderstanding. I do not want to remove it. I want to have it

The normal extra fields have the ability. The other additional fields which I have to add manually do not have the ability. This is why I think it is a bug. IMHO they should habe the ability to inherit to subcategories

test it in your installation and you will see what I mean. Field 1-6 are able to get inherited. Anything higher not.

[Chuck S]

Snoopy there are indeed inherited by only when you actually create the additonal extra not ones that exist you did not inherit.

So try editing a category make a new extra field and hit apply to children works fine.

[snoopy5]

mmmhhh

I just do not get it. It does not work with me. This is the process how I do it:

1. I have a category with 6 extra fields plus 4 additional extra fields (see screenshot)

2. I scroll down and check the box

*Check box to apply these settings and permissions to all children:

3. I press the button "Save changes"

4. I go now to a subcategory of my category above.

5. Only the extra fields 1-6 are visible. But not the other 4 extra fields I entered in the mother category


I did the same also with a totally new subcategory. So from step 3 on, I created then a new subcategory and looked there. But again only the first 6 extra fields exist, no others.

My RP-download files are from yesterday. I upgraded from 4.04 fresh install to 4.1. There is no content yet there except some dummies for test purposes.

So what do I do wrong that it is not working?

[snoopy5]

I deleted old posting. I did not see your posting above.

You are correct. It all depends whether the extra field does exist already or is totally new created. Only new created will be inherited.

The problem is only, that in this case any modification of the text can not be updated on all subcategories.

Is there a way to change that so that also old or edited extra fields are inherited?

[Chuck S]

It really was not designed this way. None of the inherit stuff works like this to my knowledge it inherits to children not children of children.

This is the code in adm-cats.php

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Maybe change it to this but non tested and this would only take it down another level of children of children not children of children of children

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[snoopy5]

Originally Posted by snoopy5

I deleted old posting. I did not see your posting above.

You are correct. It all depends whether the extra field does exist already or is totally new created. Only new created will be inherited.

The problem is only, that in this case any modification of the text can not be updated on all subcategories.

Is there a way to change that so that also old or edited extra fields are inherited?

We posted at the same time. See my corrected posting in the quotes..

[Chuck S]

No there is no inherit ability to apply old settings sorry. The dochildren take the data that exists in the current form and applies it accordingly so thus when you create an extra field it is then applied to children.

[debbieodom]

I have a problem similar to this one. I used the first 6 "Extra Text Fields". Then I created a few more fields from the "Add new text type" . A few were drop down and some were text types. This was done on a top level category and I checked the box at the bottom that said "*Check box to apply these settings and permissions to all children:". At first only the 6 text fields are inheriting, not the additional ones I created. Then I created a second subcategory (from the main category) and none are inheriting. What should I be looking for?

[Chuck S]

The children will definately inherit the additional extra field but this is ONLY done when you initially create that new field. It is not going to do old additional fields. So try a new one and hit the apply to children you will see that new field most definately exists in those direct children.