How to add a field to Edit and Details layout in Knowledge Base Module?

**inas miles** · 2010-04-18, 07:42 AM

Hello,
In knowledge base module, I want the publish date field to be added to
Edit and Details layouts of Articles.
as there are no Edit and Details layouts for knowledge base in Studio,
can you please advice how I can add those fields?

Thanks,
Inas

**kbrill** · 2010-04-18, 07:04 PM

Since KB works in legacy mode still you would have to manually edit the modules/KBDocuments/EditView.html and EditView.php files. Same with the DetailView.html and DetailView.php files.

**blak3r** · 2012-02-17, 09:52 PM

I just discovered that KB wasn't in studio as well (version 6.4).

Any guidance on what's required to modify a legacy mode template?

Do you only need to modify the .html file or are changes also required to EditView.php.
An example of how to add a checkbox field would be great. In looking at the code it doesn't appear to be as simple as changing the label variable and field name.

I have a checkbox called is_support_wiki_c which designates whether it's ok to display on support wiki or not.

Below is the code for the enterprise option of Is External Option. The parts that are bolded I'm not sure what i'd put in there.

Code:

      <td width="15%" scope="row" colspan=1>{INTERNAL_HTML}
    	    <span sugar='slot3'>{MOD.LBL_IS_EXTERNAL_ARTICLE}</span sugar='slot'>
        &nbsp;</td>
  	    <td width="35%" ><span sugar='slot3b'>&nbsp;
	  	    <input name="is_external" id="is_external" tabindex='1' onclick="SUGAR.kb.externalChecked('{DEFAULT_TEAM_NAME}','{DEFAULT_TEAM_ID}');" class="checkbox" type="checkbox" {IS_EXTERNAL_ARTICLE}/></span sugar='slot'>
  	    &nbsp;</td>

**kbrill** · 2012-02-22, 04:34 PM

You are going to have to edit both to add a field to a view. You would move both files to the custom directory (custom/modules/KBDocuments/EditView.html and custom/modules/KBDocuments/EditView.php)

**blak3r** · 2012-02-22, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by kbrill

You are going to have to edit both to add a field to a view. You would move both files to the custom directory (custom/modules/KBDocuments/EditView.html and custom/modules/KBDocuments/EditView.php)

Not to be helpless... But do you have an example of how to add a field to a view. In my post I mentioned a couple things I wasn't really sure about how to do it for a checkbox.