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 someone answered one of your questions - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status selector is 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