New Fields Don't Appear In Template

[tc_855]

I just started with PW and I've gotten the hang of things quite easily but whenever I make a new field it doesn't not appear on the user side of the template. I can manage the field content in the admin section but nothing appears but the title and body on the user side. 

Is there a permissions/roles function that I have to change?

Is there something in the PHP template files I need to change?

Thanks.

[arjen]

Welcome tv_855, you might want to checkout some tutorials first. For the fields to work on the frondend you have to include the fields in in your php files. Checkout these:

• Basic website
• Another basic planet based tutorial

[tc_855]

Thanks ... right now my template looks like this

<?php 

/**
 * Page template
 *
 */

include("./head.inc"); 

echo $page->body;

include("./foot.inc"); 

But I have three custom fields.

I will look in to the documentation you suggested

[arjen]

It is as simple as this:

<?php
/**
* Page template
*
*/
include("./head.inc");

echo $page->body;

echo $page->your_field_name;

echo $page->another_field_name;

echo $page->third_field_name;

include("./foot.inc");
 

But do finish to those tutorials. You easily get a grasp of all the possibilities.

[tc_855]

After some research and testing I have come to the conclusion that my issue is not a template issue but rather the fact that the data I am entering doesn't store itself in the database. Every time I refresh the page to edit the data my fields are empty again. Any clue as to why that is?

[arjen]

You are saving the page? Are you getting any errors? You can enable the debug function in /site/config.php or check the /site/assets/log files.