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Fluid fields - How to

Each entry in the fluid field stores the content of whatever fields are defined for that entry from the set of fields assigned to the fluid field. So for each entry in your channel you might have a ...
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How can I tell if a fieldtype is in use?

This MySQL query should give you a list of fieldtypes which are not currently in use as Channel or Grid fields: SELECT name FROM exp_fieldtypes WHERE (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM exp_channel_fields ...
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What field type should I use for currency?

In the field Text Field the four types of Allowed content (i.e. what you are allowed to put into the field if EE will let you save the entry it is part of) are: All - any content (text or numbers) is ...
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Setting up Fields and Logic

If you are using EE5 then one solution would be to use a Fluid field. Set up the Fluid field to allow the user to pick one of three fields (one for each of your cases) and then in your template you ...
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How to change other entries values when an entry is saved/updated

Can you explain further why you need to accomplish this? It seems like an odd functionality to implement. Could you just make one entry sticky at a time? You could create an extension, and I can ...
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Custom Fieldtype: How to check save($data)

I received some help in the slack forum for this one. Short answer is I was not providing a name for my fieldtype during construction. I assumed this was auto-generated by EE due to back end ...
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