Duplicate type mantaining also the associated fields

As of Cobalt 8, it does not support this behaviour. Copying a TYPE with associated fields might get quite complicated, just think of the relation field...

mhhh... yes, but if I understand I cannot even copy one field and associate it with a different type...

it would be useful to maintain all the field settings quickly

you might be able to do it through phpMyAdmin or any other similar tool.

But this will require some understanding of the individual columns in the respective database table and is therefore not a recommended practice.

mhhh... definitely not, it would be less time consuming for me to create a new field and configure it again

(but that feature would be useful though)

niccolo i had the same problem then you...

The only "safe" fix i found was to have 2 admin windows opened and creating fields/checking same options for every field... it's a pain but as long as it's possible it works.

Agree, should be a standard build-in feature.

Any news on this?

@Nican

Please, turn this into an idea/feature request. Thanks in advance!

@MintJoomla

An overdue must-have for sure!

As of Cobalt 8, it does not support this behaviour.

Frankly, this should have been a basic feature since C7 stable. Quite a long time ago.

As of Cobalt 8, it does not support this behaviour.

Copying a TYPE with associated fields might get quite complicated, just think of the relation field...

Even if relation fields keep old/wrong connections... it would not break the copy function. The main purpose is to save set-up time. I would have to adjust section and submission settings anyway. So, it is not a big deal to adjust relation field params manually, IMHO. Or do I miss something important?

It can't and it should not result in a 100% working type. I guess, this is impossible without a "wizard" that asks for new section(s) and parses relation-field parameters... etc. But that is not the (main) purpose of this feature.

Some thoughts:

A.) From UX point of view and J! UI, it would make sense to have a copy button in toolbar.

B.) A more hidden alternative could be a Cobalt PACKER option: Something that turns off the current UPDATE method, and turns it into an ADD feature... if i install a pack, than create NEW ID#s for everything... (too much potential for problems?)

I cannot even copy one field and associate it with a different type...

it would be useful to maintain all the field settings quickly

Must-have #2 ! Copy single fields in current type.

BTW, didn´t Resources have a Move! & Copy action to other types? ;-)

Just come across this topic and guess I could also contribute to it :)

In fact, they will help very much, multi-language websites using the default language feature of Joomla will need that very much, look in our case right now, we have created nearly 8 types for the English version with all their fields and sections, now, to make these types available in the French version, we need to create again the same 8 types, fields and sections and translate their contents!

If this was possible to copy types, we'll have just to copy them, translate and configure fields (where applicable) as per the newly created type and language!

I definitely support this idea and hope we could find it operational in a future release of Cobalt 8.

Hi, I think this feature will be amazing as it takes so long to create and param Types with fields and their section, their templates, and so on ...

You should really think about it ...

Thanks

Hi @snooky147

Thanks for supporting this topic, I guess that @sergey has already take note about this issue and that he might be thinking about a way to make this possible in future release.

However, I have also came to the point that there are currently some reported bugs that need to be resolve before they can think about adding new features! Cobalt is an awesome CCK extension that is far better than all other available extensions, however, I think, we need to be patient with the development team as they are doing a very good job here, even support is awesome.

I think, that the best thing we can do so far is to test Cobalt deeply and help them to reproduce any bug, report it and help them to solve these bugs, once bugs are solved, then they will be able to target new features.

Making a simple analysis about other CCK, I am not telling they they are not good, but just saying Cobalt support is better, K2 is non commercial and support is 'very slow', ZOO is commercial but based on their forum, there is basically no support at all, Seblod is good also in support (within 24 to 35 hours), however, Seblod is a very complicated CCK extension, FlexiContent also offers very good community support, similar to Cobalt but they lack of some features and templating, Content Builder is good as well, but support is quite slow.

Hence, based on these main CCK extension for Joomla, Cobalt is definitely the best both in terms of features and support, so, let's be a bit patient and help the cobalt community to meet our expectations!

pepperstreet Must-have #2 ! Copy single fields in current type.

BTW, didn´t ME Resources have a Move! & Copy action to other types? ;-)

Things that would make me go "Mmmh". ;-)

golfads Hi @snooky147

Thanks for supporting this topic, I guess that @sergey has already take note about this issue and that he might be thinking about a way to make this possible in future release.

However, I have also came to the point that there are currently some reported bugs that need to be resolve before they can think about adding new features! Cobalt is an awesome CCK extension that is far better than all other available extensions, however, I think, we need to be patient with the development team as they are doing a very good job here, even support is awesome.

I think, that the best thing we can do so far is to test Cobalt deeply and help them to reproduce any bug, report it and help them to solve these bugs, once bugs are solved, then they will be able to target new features.

Making a simple analysis about other CCK, I am not telling they they are not good, but just saying Cobalt support is better, K2 is non commercial and support is 'very slow', ZOO is commercial but based on their forum, there is basically no support at all, Seblod is good also in support (within 24 to 35 hours), however, Seblod is a very complicated CCK extension, FlexiContent also offers very good community support, similar to Cobalt but they lack of some features and templating, Content Builder is good as well, but support is quite slow.

Hence, based on these main CCK extension for Joomla, Cobalt is definitely the best both in terms of features and support, so, let's be a bit patient and help the cobalt community to meet our expectations!

I agree on most of the points. Overall, cobalt is the best and this is the reason why I am sticking to it. I have hardly seen any No answer from Sergey for any request you make. The reply to any question is always <24 hours, in most cases it is actually even <8hrs

Hey, this is pleasure to read people :)