Populate post_content Using Custom Field

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Last updated by Ed Il y a 3 années et 8 mois.

Assisted by: Shane.

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août 24, 2020 at 2:17 pm #1753755

I want to use a custom field (listing-text) to populate the post_content field, when a user creates a new Listing using the Toolset form. I tried the code posted in another help topic (https://toolset.com/forums/topic/use-types-field-but-save-result-in-excerpt-post-body/), but I can't get it to work.

I'm not using Excerpts, so there's no need to populate that field.

août 24, 2020 at 7:08 pm #1753991

Shane

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Hi Ed,

Thank you for getting in touch.

Not sure why you would want to copy the content to the post body field when you can add the field's content directly to the post body without the user's populating the custom field.

Can you provide a little more information on this one ?

Thanks,
Shane

août 24, 2020 at 7:32 pm #1754011

Well, Shane, you see...I'm stupid and I like to set things up the wrong way, first, then get frustrated fixing the mess I've made.

I think I had a reason to do it this way. It escapes me.

août 24, 2020 at 7:52 pm #1754019

Don't waste too much time on this. I'm probably going to end up changing it back (to the right way).

août 24, 2020 at 7:59 pm #1754025

Shane

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Hi Ed,

No worries, I would highly recommend doing it the correct way by placing the content in the post content area directly. This will help to declutter the database and not have duplicate content on your website in the event that you decide to display this content and the post content area.

Thanks,
Shane

août 24, 2020 at 8:01 pm #1754027

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!

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