Upload details advanced options

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Last Post: October 9, 2013   (RSS)

By loccom - October 7, 2013

Hi

Can anyone tell me if I can achieve the following

In the uploads section I have the Uploads Details pop up. In this I have added 3 more description fields. These are just text fields

When I go to

Advanced Options in the section edit or the Uploads section and I only have the option for a text field. 

What i would like is when someone uploads a photo i would like a Text Box or a WYSIWYG box. A Text box will do. But all i am getting is a text field.

Is there a way i can change this please? 

I just want people to give a description with each photo, and may need a large chunk of text.

I have attached a screenshot of the upload details pop up i would like to have the text boxes

thanks

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By gkornbluth - October 7, 2013

Hi Loccom,

If I'm understanding what you're asking, you can't change the "info" fields in an upload field from a text field to a text box.

The way I approach descriptions is to create a separate text box field and use that for description of the upload.

Then I echo the description field in my viewer to insert the description on the web  page.

When you're creating a new field you can choose the type of field from the Field Types pulldown list. You can also change a field  from a text field to a text box by clicking on "Modify" next to the field you want to change in the field list of your editor. You won't lose any data but you might change how the formatting appears.

There are lots of basic design tips and many advanced recipes, including some on automatically wrapping descriptive text around images, in in my CMSB Cookbook at http://www.thecmsbcookbook.com

Hope that helps,

Jerry Kornbluth

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