Short Name Extension

This extension simplifies ExpressionEngine development by making weblog & field short names a little easier to find.

BN Short Name Extension

BN Short Name Extension

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Overview

This ExpressionEngine extension will display your custom field {short_name} after the field label in the publish/edit form. If you’re tired of hopping back and forth to your “edit custom field names” page and then clicking through to the field group to look up a custom field name when you’re generating your templates, this will make your life a little easier. Once installed, If you visit your publish/edit pages, your custom field short names will be visible after the field label. As of version 1.0.3 it will also add the weblog’s {short_name} to an edit drop-down menu (this is compatible with EZ Edit Menu Extension)

Example of a field name after activating this extension:

Eternian Fools {he_man_and_friends} 

 


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1. Requirements

It will only work with EE 1.6.5 or higher. (The hook it uses was added in 1.6.5)

2. Installation

The extension file should go in the extensions folder, the language file in your respective language folder.

3. Usage

After installation, navigate to admin>utilities>extensions manager>Bn Short Name extension and adjust the settings to suit.

4. Security

The visibility of the short_names are not limited to any specific user group or level, anyone that has access to your publish/edit forms on the control panel will see this, which may cause confusion with any non-developers publishing on your site.

5. SAEF Compatibility

This will not affect any stand-alone entry forms.

Version 1.0.3

First version release