[support] Content types cannot be renamed

Rohan Smith rohanasmith at gmail.com
Tue Mar 24 14:38:38 UTC 2009


I even get the message The content type <Human readable name> has been
updated.


On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Rohan Smith <rohanasmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am coming across a very frustrating problem. I want to rename my content
> types "Human readable name" but they keep on reverting back to the old name
> the instant I press save content type.
> I even went inside the database to change the content type name but it
> still reverted to the old name.
> The only method that works is if i also change the system name "the
> machine-readable name of the content type" before the name can be changed.
> But some are not editable since it says "This field cannot be modified for
> system-defined content types." so i cannot change the name in the human
> readable section nor the machine readable name.
>
> I am using drupal 5.x
>
> could this be a bug? or am i doing something wrong?
>
> R.A.Smith
> Manager/Technical Lead
> Exterbox - "Thinking outside of the box"
> http://www.exterbox.com
> rohan at exterbox.com
> 1-876-449-7506
>
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