Hiding primaryFile for SiteStudio

Kyle has a great article on hiding the primaryFile field from Content Server checkin pages. I just wanted to augment the solution by mentioning a way to hide the field only from SiteStudio checkin pages.

Whenever you create new content from a SiteStudio page, the checkin form includes the primaryFile field. The field is either blank or includes the text default.xml. The contributor does not need to touch the field because the primary file is generated from their contributed content, but the fact that the field is visible is confusing - contributors may feel compelled to type something in it and this ruins their checkin.

Kyle's method can solve that problem, but it creates a problem for savvy users who want to check in a SiteStudio XML file directly through Content Server (not common, but it does happen.) So, rather than remove the field entirely, configure Content Server to hide it from the SiteStudio checkin form only. Add this to your config.cfg:

SSHidePrimaryFileInContributor=true