Item2151: EDIT_TEMPLATE with missing edit template makes it impossible to edit the topic

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If EDIT_TEMPLATE is set and that template is not available in the web, it becomes impossible to edit the topic.

1. I have a topic with a form
2. I move it to another web that does not have a form
3. I want to edit the page to remove the form data
4. I get the error screen:

Attention

Could not find template TopFormEditform

Check your configuration settings for {TemplateDir} and {TemplatePath}. If that's not the problem, it may be because you have a setting of EDIT_TEMPLATE that is pointing to a template that doesn't exist.

EDIT_TEMPLATE is currently set to TopFormEditform

(don't forget to check your Topic Settings) 

Now I am locked. No possibility to make any changes to the topic, and no hint what to do.

-- ArthurClemens - 23 Sep 2009

Last resort hack: http://....edit/Web/Topic?template=edit : the url param overrides the invalid topic setting.

-- MichaelDaum - 23 Sep 2009

A normal end user will never be able to fix the problem. He will not know about the hack.

I have fixed the code so instead we fall back to the normal edit template and add an entry in the warn log.

-- KennethLavrsen - 17 Oct 2009