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Still unclear on this...not for lack of searching. If I add a field
to node_type_form with hook_form_alter, how do I access that field's
contents when NOT on the content type page? For example, if as a
result of hook_form_alter my content type form shows the following:<br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><label
for="edit-node-options" style="display: block; font-weight:
bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline;">Default options</label>
<div id="edit-node-options" class="form-checkboxes"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline;">
<div class="form-item form-type-checkbox
form-item-node-options-status" style="margin: 0px; padding:
5px 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><input
id="edit-node-options-status" name="node_options[status]"
value="status" checked="checked" class="form-checkbox"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px;
vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Helvetica
Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" type="checkbox"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><label
class="option" for="edit-node-options-status"
style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
text-transform: none; font-size: 0.923em;">Published</label></div>
<div class="form-item form-type-checkbox
form-item-node-options-promote" style="margin: 0px; padding:
5px 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><input
id="edit-node-options-promote"
name="node_options[promote]" value="promote"
checked="checked" class="form-checkbox" style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align:
middle; font-family: 'Helvetica
Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" type="checkbox"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><label
class="option" for="edit-node-options-promote"
style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
text-transform: none; font-size: 0.923em;">Promoted to
front page</label></div>
<div class="form-item form-type-checkbox
form-item-node-options-sticky" style="margin: 0px; padding:
5px 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><input
id="edit-node-options-sticky" name="node_options[sticky]"
value="sticky" class="form-checkbox" style="margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle;
font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"
type="checkbox"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><label
class="option" for="edit-node-options-sticky"
style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
text-transform: none; font-size: 0.923em;">Sticky at top
of lists</label></div>
<div class="form-item form-type-checkbox
form-item-node-options-revision" style="margin: 0px;
padding: 5px 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;"><input id="edit-node-options-revision"
name="node_options[revision]" value="revision"
class="form-checkbox" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-family:
'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"
type="checkbox"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><label
class="option" for="edit-node-options-revision"
style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
text-transform: none; font-size: 0.923em;">Create new
revision</label></div>
<div class="form-item form-type-checkbox
form-item-node-options-widglet" style="margin: 0px; padding:
5px 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><input
id="edit-node-options-widglet"
name="node_options[widglet]" value="widglet"
checked="checked" class="form-checkbox" style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align:
middle; font-family: 'Helvetica
Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" type="checkbox"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> My option<br>
<br>
</span></div>
</div>
</span></span>The setting for My options shows up every time I
edit the content type, but how do I access it when content is being
created for that content type?
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