Dialogs Framework Basic Concepts

Dialogs Feature: Content Activation

Updated: 21 Apr 2023

Content Activation allows you to activate, deactivate, or delete a List item on a certain day. This is done with 3 DATE type fields which every list has by default: activateon_dt, archiveon_dt, removeon_dt.

activateon_dt' turns item_active to 1 on the assigned date.
archiveon_dt turns it to 0.
'removeon_dt deletes the item altogether.

You should always include item_active=1 in the 'Where' field of your list templates to ensure that the list only displays 'active' items. To see these three fields simply edit the list parameters and check the checkbox marked 'Content Activation'. Now you will see the new fields at the bottom of the form when creating or editing a list item.

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