[ckan-dev] ckan form - help

Wed Feb 5 17:30:02 UTC 2014

Hi Kristi,

Did you had a look to the idatasetform example :
https://github.com/ckan/ckan/tree/master/ckanext/example_idatasetform

You have there a perfect example to add fields.

Steph

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:31 AM, kristi powell <y2kristi at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I've registered...
>
> I'm new to using ckan.  The new dataset form is pretty comprehensive, but
> I need 3 additional fields to be added.  I have read that it is not
> recommended to change the schema of the db tables, so i'm trying to create
> an extension.
>
> For the fields that I needed added I can't seem to change the html file.
>  Am I expected to override the function in my python script and construct
> an entire new html form?  If I create a new html form am I responsible for
> writing the code to update the original ckan schema or just the fields that
> i'm adding.
>
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 16:10:12 +0000
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> Hello,
>
> I'm new to using ckan.  The new dataset form is pretty comprehensive, but
> I need 3 additional fields to be added.  I have read that it is not
> recommended to change the schema of the db tables, so i'm trying to create
> an extension.
>
> For the fields that I needed added I can't seem to change the html file.
>  Am I expected to override the function in my python script and construct
> an entire new html form?  If I create a new html form am I responsible for
> writing the code to update the original ckan schema or just the fields that
> i'm adding.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kristi
>
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