Item10165: Parenting Issue

In Foswiki 1.1.2, when I click on WebTopicCreator from any topic, say AbCd, then the topic name gets passed as a parameter in the URL, i.e. the URL reads: http://Sitename/WebName/WebTopicCreator?parent=AbCd. However, AbCd does not show up in the Topic Parent text box. As a result, the new topic does not get created under AbCd.

-- GuruprasadIyer - 16 Dec 2010

I believe that the "create new topic" topic is now called WebCreateNewTopic - Not WebTopicCreator

See on trunk...

http://trunk.foswiki.org/Main/WebCreateNewTopic?topicparent=WebHome

Check if you have edited the underlying link which you are clicking..

-- PadraigLennon - 16 Dec 2010

Thanks, Padraig!

However, the issue continues to be with WebCreateNewTopic as well.

-- GuruprasadIyer - 16 Dec 2010

What skin are you using? When you say you are clicking to create a new topic what exactly are you clicking? Can you provide more details please?

-- PadraigLennon - 16 Dec 2010

I am using the default Pattern skin.

Here's how to reproduce this "problem" -

• Navigate to some topic, say AbCd
• Click on WebCreateNewTopic (assuming it is present in your left bar)
• The URL will now be - http://Sitename/WebName/WebTopicCreator?parent=AbCd. However, the Topic Parent text box is not auto-filled with AbCd; earlier it used to be auto-filled.

-- GuruprasadIyer - 16 Dec 2010

The issue is that the parent should be topicparent. You can update this in the topic Main.WebLeftBarExample

The line you should update is:

   * [[%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%BASEWEB%/WebCreateNewTopic?topicparent=%BASETOPIC%][ %ICON{"newtopic"}% %MAKETEXT{"Create New Topic"}%]]

-- PadraigLennon - 16 Dec 2010

So is this a bug in Pattern Skin distributed topics?

-- ArthurClemens - 16 Dec 2010

No. This is because the web was created in TWiki, where the parameter was parent, not it has changed to topicparent. There is no bug here.

-- GuruprasadIyer - 17 Dec 2010

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