Add custom fields to content type content in admin area

[rlparker25]

Hi,

I need to add 5 drop down boxes (which will be populated from a table in the database) to the form where you add a new page of content type 'content'.

When a user adds a page they should see the normal form plus 5 drop downs at the bottom allowing them to select certain includes for the page.

Could someone please tell me where in the code I need to add them?

thanks

Rachael

[rubberglover]

I think this functionality would make a MASSIVE improvement to CMSMS. It's been my CMS of choice for a long time but lately I've had to use expression engine for a few projets as it makes it so much easier to add custom fields that really relate to the content type of a post. It would be great if you could build custom field sets to allow for drop down boxes, check boxes, or simple text fields etc. when adding a new page, and then associate those custom field sets with templates in the same way you do when you associate CSS pages with a template.

Alternatively, it could just be an extension to the content block tags that you use when you build your template.... so if you wanted to add a drop down field to a template for people to use when they add a new page, you could do something like this:

{content block="Choose a colour" type="dropdown" options="Red, Blue, Green"}

Anyone fancy taking it on??  ::)

[calguy1000]

I have a module written that will do this for 2.0...

[applejack]

Robert

Re: I have a module written that will do this for 2.0...

This will make a huge improvement to CMSMS. I just hope that the search module will be improved considerably as it needs to be so that e.g. for drop down blocks in a page are searchable categories.

Any idea as to when 2.0 is likely to be released as this has been talked about for a few years now?