[pmwiki-users] Re: user-customisation of edit form

V.Krishn mistyfire at autograf.pl
Thu Jul 21 06:57:52 CDT 2005


> > The idea is to have two EditForms in Site group.
> > Exampls Site.EditForm(default) and Site.EditFormBakup
> > When somehow Site.EditForm gets non-usable, one can use
> > editform=Site.EditFormBak to edit any page.
>
> We don't even need two EditForms, since using "editform="
> with no page name will bring up the built-in form definition.
Better and more convenient. 

> > Like wise we can also have Site.PreferenceBakup if the default gets
> > corrupt or non working. Simply setprefs=Site.PreferenceBakup
>
> Same here -- one can just do setprefs= to eliminate the preference
> settings.  (Same as one can do setskin= to eliminate a default skin.)
>
:-)
> > by the way... how does "editform=" option work?. I mean in which
> > version was this introduced and where is this documented
> > (coz I tried in beta45 and does not seem to work)
>
> It was added in beta48.... but I didn't put it in the ChangeLog
> or document it yet because I'm not convinced it's the right way to
> handle this -- i.e., it's still a "provisional" feature.
Please consider my vote for this feature.
>
> But to use it, simply add '&editform=Group.FormName' to the end of
> the ?action=edit url, and the page will be redisplayed using the form
> given in Group.FormName.
>
> Pm
Thanks.
V.Krishn




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