Hi:

I have a custom field in my blog, and I would like to have the author's nickname appear as a default for that field on the create new entry form. The user can change it if they wish, or leave the field alone and when the form is saved, either the default or the value entered by the user is saved in my custom field.

I have tried everything I can think of to get this working. I've tried TMPL_VAR NAME=x tags. I've tried the MTSQL plugin. I've tried weeping uncontrollably. Nothing works.

Can anyone think of a way for me to do this? I think part of the problem lies in the fact that the nickname is part of the mt_author table, not mt_entry. But I'd think that there's a way around this.

Thanks in advance,

Dave Sisley