Question

I’m trying to change the layout of the admin page for a type and I’m struggling. The client is very specific on the order of the fields and I’m not sure how to do it.

I’ve created an admin theme and changed the placement.info, but it doesn’t seem to work. Are there any hooks I could use to accomplish this?

Any help much appreciated.

My placement.info in the admin theme.

  <Match ContentType="Course">
    <Place Parts_Routable_Edit="Content:1" />
    <Place Fields_Contrib_TaxonomyField_Edit="Content:2" />
    <Place Parts_Taxonomies_Term_Fields="Content:2.5" />
    <Place Parts_MediaPickerField_Edit="Content:3" />
    <Place Parts_Course_Edit="Content:4" />
    <Place Parts_Tags_Edit="Content:5" />
  </Match>

There’s also another problem. I would like 3 taxonomies, and have them placed in different areas of the admin screen. Any idea how to do that?

Answer 1

Since 1.5, you can change the order of parts and fields in the editor, from the admin dashboard. Go to Content Types, select the type, then click on “Manage Placement”. You can then drag and drop parts and fields around.