custom form fields

[galwegian]

Could someone tell me the process involved in adding a custom field (tel number) to the add a listing form. Would it be as simple as just adding the field to the database and then adding this field to the form. Just hoping to get a pointer or 2 which might save me having issues when I try to do this, thx

[Bruceper]

Add the custom form field in the admin panel. Lets say you called this form field phone. Then in the template(s) where you want it to appear add <%$phone%>

If you made a field called address then you would use <%$address%>

[FSGDAG]

Once you create the custom field, it will automatically appear on the Add Listing form ( add.php ), but if you want it to display on the detail listing page ( /your-theme/detail_link.html ) you'll need to add it the way Bruce said

[galwegian]

excellent thanks guys, hadnt spotted it in the admin panel

[woolfie]

Just curious, what is the difference between <%$state%> and <$%state%>. I was getting a double entry for the value using the first one. It would show up as Utah, Utah on the detail page.

[Bruceper]

Stuff within <% %> are handled by smarty, something like <$% would probably be interpreted by PHP