Additional Attributes

[jdelaney]

Dear All,
Excuse my ignorance but I have jump from version 1.2 to 2.2 and I am trying to come to terms with  the new features. 
I notice that there is an entry now for "Additional Attributes" with sub-headings "Test Number" and "Test String" in the Resource dialogue. Also this entry appears when a user is making a resource booking and unless these fields have an entry you will receive  a warning "There are problems with the additional attributes you provided: Test Number is a required field"

I have searched the forums but have not found any information on "Additional Attributes".

q1: What is the purpose of these Additional Attributes?
q2: Is there an option to disable these additional attribute fields? ( I would just like to make booking a resource as painless as possible for users)

Kind Regards:
Joe

[glamprou]

Hi Joe,

you can disable-delete this attributes (logged in as admin)
Application Management > Customization > Attributes

Regards,
George

[jdelaney]

Hi George,

Many Thanks.

[educomm]

I think Additional Attributes are very useful.

But the appearance (list) of these attributes isn't very attractive yet. I would like them to be listed in columns. Do I have to edit attribute-list.tpl to get this done?

Thanx!

[Nick]

On which page do you want to change this?

[educomm]

Hi!

The additional attributes appear when clicking a reservation (reservation.php). I wonder if this is a CSS thing or something else.

Thanx!

[dunnts2]

solution:

Web/css/style.css (line 591)

.customAttributes ul {
    list-style: none outside none;
    padding-top: 2px;
    width: 25%;
}

Dung.

[educomm]

Thanx Dung!

Your suggestion helped me out In my case listed attributes are better than options put next to each other..

Cheers!

[computerszone]

Hi, I am new in your program and would appreciate if you let me know what is attributes for what are "Test Number" and "Test String" for?
Thanks

[Nick]

These are just for demonstration purposes

[computerszone]

Thanks Nick,
Do you know how can I make use of them?

[Alecardo]

You can use them to make plugins or edit the core code to use the. Nick has a plugin example on his blog http://php.brickhost.com/blog/?p=74