Shortlist Channel

When you install Shortlist it will create it's own channel in your EE install, called Shortlist External Entries

Shortlist installs this channel, a new field group and two fields to allow it handle any arbitrary content you can throw at it. The channel is only used when an item is added or viewed that has an external source.

Full Details

For reference here are the complete list of additions Shortlist makes :

  1. Installs a new channel called Shortlist External Entries, with a shortname of {shortlist_external_entries}
  2. Creates a new field group called Shortlist External Entries Fields
  3. Creates 2 new fields within that group :
    1. A text field called Unique Value, with a shortname of {shortlist_unqiue_val}
    2. A textarea field called Datablock, with a shortname of {shortlist_datablock}

What does Shortlist need it's own Channel and Fields for?

Shortlist uses these channel and fields only when handling external content. It uses them to keep a local copy of the details you've added. These are stored within a standard EE channel and fields to allow seamless integration of Internal and External content. By keeping externally sourced content in channel entries when listing entries we can take advantage of all the standard entries tags, and fieldtypes for internal content with no additional overheads.

Note: When Shortlist is uninstalled the Channel, field group and fields created on install are also removed.

Note: Shortlist won't prevent you from manually altering or removing these channel and fields. If you do however the external content handling will not work correctly. Absolutely need the channel or fields called something else? They're controlled from the built in shortlist config file.