Adding extra info upload fields - is this the right way?

Hi Jeff, 

The 5 upload info fields are hardcoded in a number of places through the code so there is no easy way to add to them.  

What you might try as an alternative is to create a section for uploads with one upload field (with no info fields) and then add extra fields to that section.  So you'd have an upload field and whatever other text, textbox, etc other fields you wanted.

Then you could associate those uploads with another section using a related records field.

Hope that helps!

Hi Dave

Thanks for the advice. I have done as you suggested and have set up a related records field. I have used the CMSB relatedRecordLookupFunctions plugin and a tutorial by Jerry Kornbluth to achieve this.

I have everything set up perfectly on a standalone detail page. Ideally though I would like to integrate it with your CMSB Instant Website Template, and I am stuck. Currently, in my standalone page, my Range section editor pulls in records from the Products section editor: 

  list($rangesRecords, $rangesMetaData) = getRecords(array(
    'tableName'   => 'ranges',
    'where'       => '', // load first record
    'loadUploads' => true,
    'allowSearch' => false,
    'limit'       => '1',
  ));
  $rangesRecord = @$rangesRecords[0]; // get first record
  if (!$rangesRecord) { dieWith404("Record not found!"); } // show error message if no record found

?>

<?php if ($rangesRecords): ?>
<?php
beta_lookupRelatedFields(array(   
    'table'      => 'ranges',   
    'recordList' => &$rangesRecords,   
    'fieldList'  => array( 'products' )    
  )); 
  $rangesRecord = @$rangesRecords[0]; // get first record 
?>  
<?php endif ?>

My problem is how to implement the above lookupRelatedFields array into the structure of the IW website_init.php (extract below).

// load pages
list($categories, $selectedCategory,) = getCategories(array(
  'tableName'            => 'iw_pages',
  'defaultCategory'      => 'first',    // Enter 'first', a category number, or leave blank '' for none
//  'selectedCategoryNum'  => '',         // defaults to getLastNumberInUrl()
  'categoryFormat'       => 'showall',  // showall, onelevel, twolevel, breadcrumb
  'ulAttributesCallback' => 'customMenuUlAttr', // ADVANCED: custom function to return ul attributes, eg: myUlAttr($category);
  'liAttributesCallback' => 'customMenuLiAttr', // ADVANCED: custom function to return li attributes, eg: myLiAttr($category);
));
$page = $selectedCategory;

function customMenuUlAttr($category) {
  return ($category['_hasParent'] && $category['depth'] == '1')? "class=\"dropdown-menu\" role=\"menu\"" : "" ;
}

function customMenuLiAttr($category) {
  return ($category['_hasChild'] && $category['depth'] == '0')? 'class="dropdown"': "" ;
}


Thanks in advance,
Jeff

Hmm, I haven't used that plugin in a long time so I'm not sure.  

One thing you can try is using showme() to see the contents of that variable <?php echo showme($rangesRecord); ?>

Perhaps it's added some fields that you can now output on the page? 

Hi Dave

I'm still struggling with this. I have submitted a custom consulting request via the website. 

Cheers