Question

Q: how do I create a page named [[Item2006-10-04-uid566-SomeSimpleDescription]]. from a form?

I know how to create a page with an autoincrementing sequence number - ItemXXXXXXXXXX (10 Xs)

I know how to create a page with a datestamp uniqifying it (+ a sequence number if necessary).

I know how to create a page out of a user providing string - the topic URLPARAM.

But I do not know how to combine the last with the first two. I.e. how do I create a form that asks the user for a title, and then prepends the date and a sequence number to ensure that it is unique?

Environment

-- AndyGlew - 05 Oct 2006

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.

Assuming users did not turn off JavaScript you can modify the text field named "topic" with desired prefix. The prefix Item2006-10-04-uid566- can added on focus loss.

There is no out of the box solution if you cannot rely on JavaScript though. You'd need to enhance the core to SpecifyTopicPostAndOrPrefixesDuringTopicCreation.

-- PeterThoeny - 05 Oct 2006