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How to add new fields

Technical Support
posted this on February 04, 2009 17:23

Although you can't edit TouristWay database schema we offer you an easy way to structure your information beyond standard TouristWay's fields.

Any text field in TouristWay supports "virtual sub-fields", basically a way to split the original field in parts to be used independently as they were actual fields.

For example, all product types in the administration area have a mask named "Details" in the Descriptions menu. Here you will find a large text field which we left unused in the templates on purpose.

This field is located in the product object under the variable %-product.leaflet3-%

You can split this field by writing directly in the text box (administration area) something like:

==sportfacilities==
Hotel ABC offers the top for water sports and blah blah blah
==mymetatags==
diving,watersky,kite surfing,surf
==skypecode==
cometoHotelABC

Instead of using the entire text you can extract the sub-fields defined by

==subfieldname==

just by using the following syntax:

%-product.leaflet3--chunk=subfieldname-%

In our example, by placing this in your template:

%-product.leaflet3--chunk=mymetatags-%

this will be displayed

diving,watersky,kite surfing,surf
 
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