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Sorting Entry Fields in Movable Type 5 CMS


My CMS is currently Movable Type 5.04. The attached screenshot is how I check in Compose Screen of MT CMS.

Compose Screen

And it appears in the new entry create page with the following order.

- Location 5
- Job Description 5
- Bio 5
- Job Title 5

I would like to change the order into following.

- Job Title 5
- Location 5
- Job Description 5
- Bio 5

Is there any way to do so? I have checked in the cfg_entry.tmpl file and the above Entry fields were not there as there were custom fields. Could you please help me sort them like above?


Solution

  • the order of the fields are stored into the permission table, in 'permission_entry_prefs' field. (and there is a matching field for the page)

    the row with blog_id 0 is the user defaults, and each blog's raw will override the default for this blog.

    and the format is very simple: comma delimited list. you should find there something like "title,text,tags,assets". just reorder them for your liking.

    If the user will toggle on and off fields, I'm not sure if the original order will return or not. if it does, then a simple plugin can solve it in more permanent way.