Value attribute in tag not working when within a tag.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down michaelmichael November 2010


    <v:newsletter code="07635e702" flash="newsletter" redirect="/">
    <v:text_field path="e_mail_address" type="text" id="email" value="Email Updates" />
    <button>Join</button>
    </v:newsletter>


    Results in:

    <form flash="newsletter" action="/index.html?__v:newsletter=c40c162e494d9d6172e1b6cc0471ee6a" method="post">
    <input type="text" id="email" value="" name="e_mail_address" />
    <button>Join</button>
    </form>

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  • Vote Up0Vote Down KevinKevin November 2010

    It's because you're specifying path="e_mail_address" rather than name="e_mail_address".

    When you specify a path, it looks in that context to pull the initial value.

  • Vote Up0Vote Down michaelmichael November 2010

    That fixed it, thanks.

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