Question

This might be related to Item4939 of Twiki version 4.2.0

Under TWiki 4.1.2, if I create a new topic using the bar on the right, and enter nothing but a topic name, it puts the new topic as a child of the current topic. I tested this here. TestingTopicParentChild

Under 4.2, unless a parent is selected, it will create a the new topic under the current web. Ignoring the parent topic.

Is this intended to be like this now and how can I change it back?

Thanks -Porch

Environment

-- TWikiGuest - 21 May 2008

Answer

If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

Same problem here. Prior to 4.2 when a user viewed a topic and then clicked "Create New Topic" in the WebLeftBar it would automatically parent the new topic to the previously viewed topic.

-- GordonTerrell - 03 Jul 2008

Known bug.

Simply change the WebLeftBar to the line for create new topic becomes

   * [[%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%BASEWEB%/WebCreateNewTopic?topicparent=%BASETOPIC%][ %ICON{"newtopic"}% %MAKETEXT{"Create New Topic"}%]] 

-- KennethLavrsen - 08 Jul 2008

I am having a simliar problem, possibly also related to Item 4939, but I've set the WebLeftBar to the above, so in the Create New Topic form, the proper parent topic is selected, and when I click Create This Topic and am viewing the new topic in the editor, the URL still has the proper parent topic (http://testshipopswiki/bin/edit/Entertainment/?onlynewtopic=on&topic=TestPage&topicparent=DcdLineCaptain&templatetopic= )

But, when I click Save in the editor, the topic is saved without any topicparent information.

I am running 4.24 -- I tested this in the Sandbox of Twiki (running 4.22) and it works fine.

Anyone have any advice?

Thanks! Kathy

-- KathyDeLaCruz - 02 Mar 2009

As I recall, the link changed in TWiki 4.2.3. But since the upgrade doesn't change content in the non-standard webs (e.g., your Entertainment web), those WebLeftBar's didn't get the new link:

   * [[%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%BASEWEB%/WebTopicCreator?topicparent=%BASETOPIC%][ %ICON{"newtopic"}% %MAKETEXT{"Create New Topic"}%]]

-- SeanCMorgan - 02 Mar 2009

There's a bit more explanation in my comment of 25 Sep 2008 in WebTopicCreator

-- SeanCMorgan - 02 Mar 2009

Hi Sean!

I had changed the non-standard WebLeftBar topics to have the new link (but the one above shows

[[%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%BASEWEB%/WebCreateNewTopic?topicparent=%BASETOPIC%][ %ICON{"newtopic"}% %MAKETEXT{"Create New Topic"}%]] 
 

instead of

•    * [[%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%BASEWEB%/WebTopicCreator?topicparent=%BASETOPIC%][ %ICON{"newtopic"}% %MAKETEXT{"Create New Topic"}%]]

I also noticed that in data/_default of the 4.2.4, there is no WebTopicCreator file - there is only WebCreateNewTopic

(Also, thanks to your comment regarding parent vs parenttopic, I did get the topicparent included as a URL parameter -- it's just that when I save it with the editor, it gets ignored!)

-- KathyDeLaCruz - 02 Mar 2009

One more strange note: I just realized I cannot actually save any parent topic information -- even for existing topics carried over from my 4.1.2 installation. I click More Topic Actions, select a new parent topic, and click save, and everything seems normal, but there is no change in the topic parent meta data. There are no errors in the apache error logs. Any ideas?

-- KathyDeLaCruz - 02 Mar 2009

I have figured out the reason for this problem, and am posting it in a new support question, since it's not exactly related! SID-00149

-- KathyDeLaCruz - 02 Mar 2009