Can't Unpublish Fields Error: Cannot unpublish row id 44 because: System fields publish state cannot be changed!

9 years 1 month ago #260844 by toad78
So I just downloaded/installed the CB. I go into the Fields area and am trying to remove fields that are not necessary and am bombarded with the error:

Cannot unpublish row id 44 because: System fields publish state cannot be changed!

Why? If I don't need it, why can't I unpublish it? Sounds like a bug.

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9 years 1 month ago #260865 by nant
[mod note: moved our of potential bug area because of this www.joomlapolis.com/forum/147-potential-bug/226964-read-before-posting ]

This is not a bug - this is by design.

What fields do you think are not necessary?

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9 years 1 month ago #260972 by toad78
Well I don't need:
canvas
formatname, since I already have firstname and lastname fields
middlename
pm
acceptedterms
avatar

Plus, we have users that share the same emails but use different username/password. So do I have to go to the database to make sure the 'email' field is set to not be unique?

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9 years 1 month ago #261188 by toad78
So is there a way to remove these fields without having to modify the database?

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9 years 1 month ago #261220 by nant

toad78 wrote: So is there a way to remove these fields without having to modify the database?


No = those fields are meant to be there - if you remove from database you will run into problems.

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9 years 1 month ago #261234 by toad78
Thank you, nant.

So what makes them so necessary? I'm trying to understand the structure of CB that makes these fields necessary.

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