Get data from Add/Edit Post to Forum - Thread

Question

Hi, I am trying to create some new fields for the questions (under the subject) and for them to be added in the body of the forum - thread. I added new inputs but I can't seem to find the connection between Add/Edit Post and Forum - Thread (where the add/edit post is giving data to $thread in forum - thread). I'm thinking that I have to take the information from the input and add it in this function: j.telligent.evolution.widgets.createEditPost.register({ }); 
 Thank you

Steven Heffner · Answer

Hi Alexandra, 
 The two widgets don't interact directly - instead, one is in charge of handling edits and saving changes, and the other is in charge of displaying the content. Check out the 'save.vm' file in 'Forums - Create/Edit Post', and the accompanying logic that calls that file in the _save function in 'ui.js'. 
 If your goal is to add these extra fields directly to the body, you can manipulate the logic in _populateData in 'ui.js' to append/prepend the requested data to the body. However, this would result in those fields not being editable after create, or else requiring additional parsing to pull the fields out of the body. The alternative would be to store the fields on their own, either via ExtendedAttributes (see Overload 2 of core_v2_forumThread.Create Script API ) or through a custom service that you create for storing this data in a separate location and fetching it along with the forum thread when displayed.